UMTravels

How nice to just lounge around the unit until noon � Bliss working out, me sleeping in, bloody marys waiting in the fridge for the omelets stuffed with grilled asparagus and gorgonzola (can you say leftovers!). One slight detour on the way to Pendleton� missed a turn � it was marked “Truck Route To Oregon”, [...]

Well, the Bear Bites at the TravelLodge was barely a meal� luckily we had a taco at the taco truck on the wrong way out of town � it was one of those mornings that started with me trying to track down my credit card that I left at the restaurant last night� and they [...]

9 gets pushed to 10. So much for arriving in Walla Walla at 2pm � which is check-in time and allows for 4 hours of wine tasting. Instead, we got here at 4pm after mothers and traffic. That’s the way it goes. Thanks Bliss for the shots. We managed to get in three wineries: Otis [...]

The only real thing I had planned for today was a mid-day meet-up with my ex, Jeff, to hand off a baguette pan for his baking experiments. That turned into sipping wine, which turned into a nap � just after a call from Jimmy with a dinner invite. I packed the oddest things in the [...]

While the east coast is burning up (and Moscow is burning down), we here in Seattle suddenly have rain. It’s so funny to see people show up for dinner in their winter gear. Dinner tonight with DancingBear and Mikey. Man those boys can eat � I should have added the pork loin to the grill. [...]

Moonsong showed up at 9am to continue work on the 3×7′ concrete slab to park the scissor-lift, and I was out of the house at 10am to pick up Jill. By noon (and the heat coming in), here is where the pad is at: Forms are in and a gravel bed is tamped down. For [...]

Today’s chore is getting the Grom Audio box installed in the Miata. The what? It’s a box that plugs into the multi-CD player jack on the back of the head unit (that thing in your dash with all the knobs on it). Why? I will allow me to connect: iPhone/iPad/iPod � both charging and playlist [...]

I tried to get up early. I failed. That bed is WAY too comfortable. Why get up? That’s right � bladder call. It really is life on the farm. Chasing down recently hatched chicks (no me, but the neighbor grandchildren visiting were the heroes), ten pounds of blueberries harvested in the hot sun, breakfast on [...]

Crowdog is up at 5. RobinHood is up at 6. UncleMarkie is looking for coffee around 9, and waiting for the second breakfast of the household day, we will call that “brunch”. Thank goodness I have tolerant hosts � it also allows them to the garden watering out of the way early. My lovely hosts, [...]

Up at 5 and was at the Victoria Clipper for check-in before they were even open. And the coffee shop that was next door was closed until further notice. Bummer. That means a Clipper breakfast basket. At least that means I don’t pay for the cranberry juice to go with the champagne. Being one of [...]

It was a late night of shooting the shit with Julian which means we didn’t get out the door for breakfast until 11:30 � or would that be lunch? The drive back was grueling at points � apparently there is 10% more traffic on summer Sundays along the I-5 corridor. I felt it. Many, many [...]