Thurs
– Absolutely gorgeous weather and we “wasted” a bunch of it
in the morning with our usual coffee & games. We invited Dee &
Jan for dinner tomorrow so we did a little grocery shopping. A
little because we took the bike to enjoy the sunshine and I didn't
need anything for tonight as we went to the Elks for steak night with
Dee & Jan. They go almost every Thursday and made a reservation
as it is busy. We introduced them to Moscow Mules before walking
over for dinner. The dinner was quite nice but my steak was the
wrong cut and overcooked so I sent it back and waited for a perfectly
cooked meal. Dee & Jan said the meal was not as good as usual.
Fri
– Dee called this morning to say that Jan had a bad night and
was not feeling well so they wouldn't be joining us this evening for
a dance at the Elks. They were going to bring their truck &
camper so they wouldn't have to drive home after drinks &
dancing. We went for a longer bike ride to explore the area a little
more. Salem is a nice little city with a clean, busy downtown area.
We figured we had been out enough that we could find our way back
from where-ever and we were right. The dance tonight was from 8 to
12 but we went shortly after 7 and were glad we did as lots of tables
were already taken. We got a table right on the edge of the dance
floor and chatted with 5 people at the next table. This is a very
active Elks club with over 2000 members. The band was very good and
we did lots of dancing including line dances. The only line dance
done by others was the Electric Slide.
Sat
– When we set up, I take down bars securing things in the
pantry and set them in the corner of the bottom shelf. I dropped the
first bar and the rubber end made it bounce a bit and it went right
down a little slot on the lower half of the pantry where there are
drawers. I couldn't get it out so we went shopping for a new tension
bar. Of course Fred Meyer didn't have them but BiMart came to the
rescue. When we got back, I decided to put double-sticky tape on the
end of a bar and try to stick it on the lost bar. It worked! Now I
have a spare bar. We had a fairly early dinner so we could go to a
dance at the Elks again. Same band, same time as last night but a
slightly different crowd – more band groupies and fewer people our
age. Dee & Jan joined us for a while but Jan was still feeling a
little puny so they left early. We ended up talking with a couple
that sat beside us yesterday and then with another couple who we saw
last night.
Sun
– On the road again! After driving for a while, we decided to
go all the way to Spokane which wasn't a huge day but longer than we
often drive. We had a little mishap on the way when we hit some huge
bumps in a construction area in Pasco. It was a section that had
been ground down for new asphalt and had about 7 (felt like more)
ridges running right across the highway. Lots of back & forth
motion as 5 axles hit at different times. We stopped a ways down the
road to check for problems inside and I found that a chair had fallen
from the top bunk (storage) in the toy hauler and had taken off a
side mirror on the bike. All else OK.
We
stopped for fuel – truck & us – in Boardman and pulled into
the Elks club on Pines around 5. Got set up and Terry worked on the
bike mirror. We secured it temporarily until we can find somewhere
to get it fixed. We relaxed, contacted people to make plans and I
was finally making dinner when someone knocked on the door. I was
totally surprised & pleased to see Dale & Patsy who have been
friends for years. Their car club meets at the Elks. When they came
out Dale recognized our truck & bike and came to say hi. Dale
reads the blog so knew we were heading north. They couldn't stay but
we will see them later.
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