Washington Land Yacht Harbor Airstream Park

Our good news is that Gloria is cancer-free according to her VA surgeon, and she is now back in WA State reunited with Jerry and the Airstream. While she was home, she spent most of her time keeping doctor appointments and dealing with plumbing problems. She did manage to worship at Columbia and see a few special friends. One visit included lunch with one of her favorite students, Minh Chau (aka Serena). She also enjoyed eating out with old teacher friends, Linda and Judy.

We moved from McCord Air Force Base to the Airstream Park in Lacey, where we will store our trailer while we are in Alaska for the month of August.

This Airstream park was developed 35 years ago by the Washington Unit, WBCCI, and has 193 home sites and 143 terraport sites for rallies and Airstream travelers. The founders were much younger than current residents, and the entire park, including a large, lovely clubhouse, was built by those early members. The residential lots, owned by the WA Unit, lease for $20,000, and the homes sell for whatever the market allows. Typically a home, including lot, can be obtained for around $100,000. It can be sold only to an Airstream owner. The residents are friendly and stay active. There is an exercise program in the mornings, but that is offset by frequent eating events like Saturday morning donuts and coffee and Sunday evening ice cream. There are carpool day trips to interesting places and table games nearly every evening. Bridge is held on Fridays and Mondays, and visitors are invited. Jerry won the quarter kitty the last two nights, which makes him about as popular as a mosquito in a nudist colony. Oh well! It's about time to move on; maybe they won't remember us when we return in September.

Any success we have had with Bridge belongs partly to our good friends, Lynn and Annette, who now reside in San Diego. They lived near us in Kentucky and later in Northern Virginia. It was through their patience and persistence that we learned the game. There are in Seattle visiting their daughter, Melissa, and we had a great visit and harbor view lunch with all three of them yesterday. Not many friends do we still have from 38 years ago, but these folks are special. We can still laugh about old times.