The Cosmic Muffin Rides Again

Finally her wheels started turning in a bit of a snow flurry on March 9th almost a year to the day when we started our trip north last March. Nothing new for this winter but we were itching to get started on our new adventure..... IOWA! hey it's right in the middle and with a totally bicoastal lifestyle it sounded good to me when I bought a 100 + year old church last September.
We just mosied south hoping for a stop in Bend Or. to visit friends(too much snow) and maybe Tahoe (too much snow) but did spend a few days in Redding Ca. thanks to Tom and Brenda's hopitality we not only took a day trip up to Burney to see Dick and Joannes home finished while Brenda watched Ariel... we got all the stuff that was worn out on the Muffin checked out including a leak test(very important after a winter on the Hood Canal in Wa) at their shop,Northern Trailer Supply.
We will miss our friends in Port Townsend so much but it was time to dry out the Muffin and visit family.
We have had an awesome year even tho' things don't always go as you'd hoped. Anytime we can be in the NW is a blessing and soon we will be testing new waters (fresh)
Our first day on the road from Mom and Dad's winter digs in Az was great, very little wind and blue skies. We always have and always will have that unquenchable "travelin' jones".
The cool thing about this time is we got to see the kids in San Diego and instead of "cya sometime" to mom and dad, it was see ya in a couple of weeks when you get to Iowa.
You won't believe who all is planning to visit and hopefully help with the project...!!!????
All will be revealed soon.

May Day!

What a great day! First Blessed Beltane (John you should be here, the weather was great and May Day just isn't the same without you.)
It conjures up all kinds of memories. Picking wild flowers with Mom , making baskests out of old wall paper books and filling them with candy and flowers to be hung on doors of friends and sweethearts, to be chased ( and caught recieving the must sought after kiss) and may poles and a little dancing and bon fires! Ahhh the memories old and not so (nudge,nudge, wink, wink, No-what-I-mean.)
AND it was day one of training to be a deck hand for the Washington State Ferries I can't believe I made it this far. We made it up here in time for the interview, passed a few can u tests( like can you lift this, haul this, climb this ,wear this, and the usual pass this-drug test.)
Then you wait. Then you prove all over again who you are and what you have been up to your entire life this time for the coast guard(that is another whole story... just a note to you divorcees ,double check to make sure all the t's are crossed and the i's dotted).
So now it's 13 days of all kinds of training, like water survival, fire fighting , crowd control... to cool huh. This new chapter will be like nothing I have done before but a little like a lot of stuff I have done before.
Can you tell I am excited... yes I know it it that first blush of new love but I (we) love being back in the NW.
John is working in Boise for FNW again doing a new Walgreens fixture install and that allows me to persue this new adventure.
Of course I haven't even touched on life back in Port Townsend, the local theatre group, furniture, friends, the water (in and on) running, knitting, repairing the motorhome(just worn out not crashed stuff). Josh and Sandy's upcoming visit, looking for a piece of property, discovering that time(away) is relative and....
the new "seamistress blog and Look for the "Dream City Dream Team". It is the major reason not much is happening on our blog coz not being a webmeister it is taking me a while to come up with something worthy..
AND pictures will be up soon. Love to all and yes Aunt Betty and Uncle Lee I know I still have to nail that piece above the door.... Mom told me!
Be safe and have fun!

SMILE

Spontaneity is fun and Mom wanted more of it... so I grabbed her for a mission (Smile). Off to find grtrunning.com what ever that was.
Over dinner last night mom and dad told us about this guy they saw in Parker Az. that was running in a pod-kinda-thing.... hmmm they just thought he was another "little left of center kid"(like us) (Smirk). and that was all it took.
Online and there he was. Kid is relavent and so is "left of center".
Meet Glen.

(Bigger Smile)
I was afraid I couldn't find him but the tracking link on his website is the coolest.
Serendipity has always been a word I associate with my life. (n.) The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. And this was one.
Mom and I spent a lovely hour or more with Glen in the only restaurant in Salome Az. He'd met his goal, and we'd met him.
So for any of you following our Journey click on the link above to get the whole story and the picture above to see more of our visit with Glen.
And when you see the route he is taking and you are in the area make an effort to stop and see him, share a meal or a story . We are all made bolder by our efforts , which become accomplishments and maybe even inspirations.
HUMONGUS SMILE.

FLY ME TO THE MOON AND LET ME DANCE AMONG THE STARS...

What else can I say... a chance to fly in Tom's awesome ultralight with Dale (his instructor and cohort-in-crime)

It's like riding a motorcyle in the air.
Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to try this(like being in control)......... oops was that my outloud voice?! Such a control freak.
The whole bunch of people out here in Brenda are so neat... the airstrip is on the west side of town... stop out there and "Get some air".