Awake: 6:30am Temp 48 sleep 7:08 sunny overnight @ Issaquah, WA.
Nick calls & gives us a head’s up for an early arrival today. It takes us approx 35 to 45 min from our campground to Nick’s condo. Today we arrive @ 12:00 noon.
Nick’s VW was acquired after the previous owner had a security system installed & later, that radio was stolen resulting in a lot of cut wires. The owner purchased another radio but did not have it installed. Tra-la-la along comes Monte; I volunteer to take on the challenge of installing the new radio. Nick & I scrutinize the bundle of cut wires drooping from the empty radio tray on the dash. Sometime this week I’ll bring my Fluke meter + other tools to start the process. It would be nice for Eriko to have music in the car she drives. Next Nick shows us the bedroom closet flooring where there was once a wall; now the narrow wall is removed leaving a missing piece of flooring on both sides of the closet. I don’t know if we’ll have time to get this project resolved but K & I do take measurements in the event we do.
@ 1:30pm, Melissa & the boys (-Kevin, who is attending the computer conference) arrive @ the condo; we plan on going to a nearby park & fly paper airplanes that include balloon air thruster assistance. Before we start out for the park, however, I try my best to perfect this idea inside the condo. The planes would fly just fine without the assisted thrust; but with the balloon attached with double-sided tape, the thrust was too great & the plane was uncontrollable. The balloons needed a slower release of the air which I couldn’t regulate. More study will be forthcoming.
We visit the small park anyway; it was a mere (10) min walk down the street. The boys enjoyed the double long slides & other high-tech equipment while I tossed a few regular paper airplanes around just because I like to. After a number of slow sliding, Matthew advanced to being braver & slid down the slide without applying the brakes or having any assistance. Andrew watched his brother carefully but continued using his braking power. Little Jerry enjoyed each ride no matter which adult was with him. The slide was definitely the main attraction. Zack, without a doubt, was one of the guys those kids loved to be with on any of the rides.From here, Melissa & the boys took the bus back to their hotel & we drove Nick, Eriko, & little Jerry in his car seat.
Hotel dinner: broccoli, cheese soup & a mixed salad. Later, Zack, Kathy & I make another trip to Safeway for more ice cream & cones; which we all have as dessert in the Foote suite. Around 8:00pm, I started reading a book to Matthew & he fell asleep; I thought perhaps my reading was dull & maybe it was; then Melissa tells me that is what she wanted to happen. K & I are back to our bus by 9:15pm.
Katrina calls & leaves a message that she arrived safely to her condo in Denver.
We finish watching DVR movie: “The Ideal Husband’ with Cate Blanchett, Rupert Everett, Jeremy Northam, etc. 1895 period comedy about a stalwart member of Parliament who becomes a blackmail target & can’t stand the idea that his devoted wife will find him less than perfect. 1999. We should watch this one again; we failed to find the humor. Kathy says, “No, we shouldn’t; once was enough!”
Lights out: 11:12pm
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