April 8, '14

We are in Vancouver WA this evening, with rain pattering on the roof.  The drive down from Kirkland was nice and calm.  The only excitement was on Mill Plain, the exit off 205.  The left turn lanes from Mill Plain to Katherine and Alan Murphy's neighborhood were exactly one foot wider than Myrtle!  Kind of like threading a needle.  Katherine and I talked each other's ears off, then tried out the Murphy's new tandem bike.  Alan and Katherine looked a lot more stable than I felt on my turn!  Katherine wants a new seat--the perennial quest of the woman bike rider.

Go Team Murphy!

We had dinner at McMinamin's (Okay, no idea how to spell that) on the Columbia River in Vancouver. The food was great and we got to watch canoe teams (I think eight paddlers) on the river.  I especially admired the team paddling up stream--Alan said the current is 8 or 9 knots at that point, but they were making good progress.  The water was a bit choppy, but they had outriggers on the canoes.

Livy did well today.  She ate breakfast, had no anti nausea medication, and had no problems.  She did accept that my lap is not available when we are moving!

Oh!  I put on my license plates this morning!  I picked them up at Valley Mail on my way through Duvall yesterday.  We are now legal.

We head into Oregon tomorrow.  I'm hoping for a bit of sun.  Night All!