July 24 through 27th,2008

Thursday 24th~~~~ Kent got up early and went to Portland to watch Brandon play ball while Sharon stayed to to meet her friend Bette for coffee. In the afternoon we started taking things back to the 5th wheel as we are leaving on Monday. Friday 25th~~~Kent went to Portland to have lunch with a friend and Sharon spent the day with her grandson Ray. We went for a long walk stopping at the skateboard park in Salem and watched the boys on their bikes ride in the bowl. After lunch we drove to Keizer and watched the boys their do the same with their bikes. We drove home and got Rays bike and returned to the park so he could try doing the same on his bike. Grandma had a book along to entertain her. What a fun day for both of us. In the afternoon Kent and Sharon drove to Stayton to see our friends Ralph and Beth. We had fun catching up on each others lives and eating the fantastic rib dinner they BBQ'd on the grill for us. Saturday 26th~~~~Kent spent the day in Portland and Sharon spent the day doing laundry and loading her clothes in the 5th wheel, that evening she had dinner at McGraths with Nancy, Pat and Helen, her co workers from the salon. They had a great dinner and spent a long time over dinner talking about all the people Sharon used to see at the shop. After dinner Sharon invited the girls over for Ice cream bars and they visited more to catch up on what was going on in each of their lives and families. Sharon went over to her daughters house to catch the end of a card party they had there. It was sure a busy day with so many things tto do and go to, but we can rest up when we get back on the road. Sunday 27th~~~ We invited Sharon's kids over this afternoon for a chili dog dinner. It was easy and we got done early so we could play cards one more time before we leave in the morning for Maine. It is always hard to say our goodbyes as we won't be home until Thanksgiving this time. We are going to the East Coast starting with Maine and heading south to Florida.