Talk about getting LUCKY on your Birthday!

Nooooo not that kind of lucky.

There does not have to be a special day for that.
I am talking about getting visitors you have not connected with in...
Well, let’s just say a few decades.

First off, my niece Barbee Berns came to stay a couple days and luckily we convinced her to stay a bit longer.

When she arrived, we were the same age but by the time she left, I was a year older than she was.
I know it sounds a bit corny, but Washington is just a fountain of youth for all who visit here.

During her whirlwind visit, my kitchen was painted and the kitchen's old flooring was removed.

We attended three separate district tournament basketball games (an hour drive each way) and went on a mini adventure through a rain forest.

I must give an honorable mention to the camp fire, the moldy broken lock motel room, the madcap dash to beat the ferry from Whidbey Island, and the never-ending (but nice) dinner.

Our last day was Port Townsend, rain and the

race to Seattle.

In our final moments together we were

Lost in Seattle trying to find the train station before

the train left without Barbee.

Both of us knowing we needed a “potty stop”

before she could go aboard.

Seems they built two new mega sport complexes

right where the "old" direct route used to be.

Thanks to Eric’s on the spot street-by-street

directions and a wonderful Seattle Police
Officer, we made the train and the potty stop.

Pictures:

1. Echo and Barbie getting ready to

leave for the last Basketball Game.

2.Picture taken from my bed at the

Moldy broken lock Motel Room.

3.Barbee at the beach on a beautiful

day.

4.Interesting pattern left on the sand by

the previous high tide.
I want you to know the formatting for this is fine in the editor but once it loads the formatting changes and really ticks me off !