Awake: 7:07am Temp 47 sleep 6+47 sunny overnight @ Portland, OR.
Call Katie & Bud M. mid morning & ask if they would like to have a couple of seniors visit before noon? “Come on over,” Katie says. We spend (2) hrs or more talking, reminiscing, looking @ pictures & photo albums, etc. A delightful visit! Bud, their son Terry, & I were in the aviation business together during the early 70’s; mostly by ourselves, we built a 100’ X 100’ clear span metal hangar building with a nice office @ the Pearson Air Park in Vancouver, WA. Our steel worker buddy & friend, Ray, after his working hrs, gave us valuable tips & assistance that kept us out of trouble. “Those were the days” my friend.
Next, a shopping we will go; Costco, east of the airport in Portland; then Safeway, further east off Sandy Blvd. Back @ the bus, we unload the groceries, walk around the campground in the mild weather & sunshine & ogle all the 5th wheel trailers & other motor homes. This campground is fairly full.
Dinner: Chicken curry with brown rice, a spinach salad & whole grain toast.
Talk with Nick in Seattle; little Jerry has a temp & was vocalizing his discomfort. Eriko loves her music in the VW.
Call Katrina to wish her a “Happy Birthday,” but she is not available; probably partying with her friends. Had Kathy remembered that Katrina had the day off of school (part of her week long Fall break), we would have called earlier.
We finish watching “Doctor Zhivago” with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, etc. Sumptuous, sprawling epic from Boris Pasternak’s acclaimed novel: Sharif is charismatic as Russian poet/doctor, an orphan who marries aristocratic Chaplin but falls in love with politicized nurse Christie. Spans several decades, including WWI & Bolshevik Revolution with stiring crowd scenes, gorgeous romantic vistas & a powerful exodus sequence on train. 1965. If you’re not familiar with this story, get with it! It’s a chart topper.
Lights out: 12:20am (no typo)
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