Awake: 5:43am Temp 62 sleep 6+50 partly sunny overnight @
Royal City, WA.
Mid morning, I walk up to the RV / Golf office & pay for another day’s stay.
@ 11:00 am, Frank drives up to see how we are doing & asks us if an
11:30am pickup time will be OK. We have no cell phone coverage here so
Frank’s visits are most welcome.
@ 11:35, Frank & Kay pick us up……to begin with; Kay needs to drop off a
few parcels @ the local post office in Royal City, then we are on our way
eastbound.
Along the way, Frank points out more orchard blocks owned by his daughter
Chris, and his son Randy, and his grandsons, etc. Frank & Kay have been
very generous to their family members & grandchildren by donating many
acres of land & helping them to get started in their own business when the
time was right.
The rolling hills with vegetables & fruit farms continue as we continue
our ride further east. Crossing over the ridge to Pothole, we see the
Catch Basin area & the O Sullivan Dam (man made with Hydro power) in the
distance. As we drive over the breast of the dam, both Frank & Kay are
giving us fact & figures pertaining to this area. Now it’s time for lunch
@ the Sports Bar nearby. Kathy & I share a BLT, salad & a cup of veggie
bean soup.
Next, we cross back over the high ridge & Kay points out the “Badlands”
with the town of Othello in the far distance. The “Badlands” are so named
in this area because it is in no way, suitable for farming. We exit the
car, walk over to a view point & study this odd space of land which has
many different formational changes. Then it’s back to our bus & another
invitation to the traditional 4:00pm “Happy Hour” with a homemade dinner
later.
These “Happy Hour” breaks have been good times with Frank & Kay. We’ve
gotten to know them better & vice-versa. From the start, they have treated
us like they’ve known us all their lives.
5:30pm dinner: Kay’s homemade hot prime rib sandwiches au jus, salad, and
fresh “super sweet” corn on the cob; chocolate cake and fresh peach slices
for dessert.
After dinner, we continue one of our frequent discussions: traveling by
motor home & slide outs or no slide outs…was a hot topic. @ one point, Kay
invited us out to their motor home garage to see their Newell coach a
little closer. They have taken great care of their Newell.
The time has come when we must keep moving east. We thank F & K for their
wonderful hospitality, their magnificent touring, their friendship & the
special bonding we so casually experienced. They are exceptionally good
people.
Back to our bus around 10:45pm.
High temp=83 Lights out: 11:08pm
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