Now she really leaves.
We had a hard time letting her go back
to Saipan for a second year,
and especially seeing she had already
been gone from home for 2 weeks
before she actually left the continent.
We are still driving Mai-rhea's little car,
and it can make a return trip to Seattle
on 50.00 of gas, so we made arrangements
to meet in Seattle on Tuesday July 24th.
It was a beautiful day,
and a beautiful drive to Seattle.
From Kelowna towards the
"Coast" or the "Lower Mainland"
as we call the south western section
British Columbia
we have a challenging mountain
pass to cross.
On either end we have a steep 20+ km
climb which causes distress to travelers,
this is evident by the many patches
of burned hard top
where somebody's vehicle overheated
to the melt down point.
As Hector did the driving,
I managed to capture some terrific pictures;
which I will share with you here.
Two Smoking Volcanos ...........
... not really,
just strategically placed clouds.
The "Rock Climbers Delight"
A view on the downward slope,
of the tunnels which keep the road clear
from avalanche in the winter time,
and the valley beyond.
Just before crossing the boarder
we met up with Mai-Rhea's
precious little cousin Elisa,
and took her us with us to see Mai-Rhea,
she had missed Mai two weeks earlier
when we stayed at her house
for 1/2 the night.
We had reserved a campsite,
south east of Seattle
and that is where Mai & Jere met us,
we had a nice afternoon and evening,
we took a hike down to the river ....
Here we go,
Hector can always come up with
some kind of competition,
so this is the great
"who can cross the river first - -
without getting wet"
competition.
Elisa wasn't up for competition,
so we stayed on the bank
and cheered the rest on.
A few nature shots,
God gives us so much
to appreciate.
Well,
after the hike we caught 3 monkey's
remembering to...
Hear no evil,
See no evil,
and
Speak no evil!!
Oops!
Elisa got a prickle off the ferns,
and our little
"Miss Teacher"
came to the rescue.
Didn't take her long to recover,
and proceed to have fun!!
After a questionably good night of sleep
(our air mattress needed re-pumping
at 3 am)
We started out on the way to the Airport,
(about 30 miles from the campsite),
we were looking for a
"Good" place to have breakfast.
A Denny's would have been acceptable,
but we found nothing
until we actually arrived at the Renton Mall,
where some guys told us that
there was a Denny's "over there".
We looked "over there"
but never did find it.
Partly because we were afraid
to end up on some freeway
that might take us miles away.
Finally at 10 am the Quizno's opened
and we ate breakfast there.
Sure taught me that it is better
to take food from home,
and not count on "eating out".
After Quizno's we had promised Mai
that we would find a Baskin Robins.
She still feels cheated that
Hector Royce and I
had Ice Cream in Italy
while she was still in France,
and it never worked out
for her to have Italian Ice Cream later.
She says we always do the
"fun stuff"
when she isn't along.
So I had done the internet
thing and found that Baskin Robins
was right at the Renton Mall,
(which is very close to the Seattle Airport).
So we finished our Breakfast with
Ice Cream.
Yumm...
It's always a good thing
to choose your ice cream
by the color that it
is going to make your tongue.
And don't forget to compare tongue's!!
The well wishers party at the Airport.
What Love!!
And she's gone!!!!!!!!!!
We had a hard time letting her go back
to Saipan for a second year,
and especially seeing she had already
been gone from home for 2 weeks
before she actually left the continent.
We are still driving Mai-rhea's little car,
and it can make a return trip to Seattle
on 50.00 of gas, so we made arrangements
to meet in Seattle on Tuesday July 24th.
It was a beautiful day,
and a beautiful drive to Seattle.
From Kelowna towards the
"Coast" or the "Lower Mainland"
as we call the south western section
British Columbia
we have a challenging mountain
pass to cross.
On either end we have a steep 20+ km
climb which causes distress to travelers,
this is evident by the many patches
of burned hard top
where somebody's vehicle overheated
to the melt down point.
As Hector did the driving,
I managed to capture some terrific pictures;
which I will share with you here.
Two Smoking Volcanos ...........
... not really,just strategically placed clouds.
The "Rock Climbers Delight"
A view on the downward slope,
of the tunnels which keep the road clear
from avalanche in the winter time,
and the valley beyond.
Just before crossing the boarder
we met up with Mai-Rhea's
precious little cousin Elisa,
and took her us with us to see Mai-Rhea,
she had missed Mai two weeks earlier
when we stayed at her house
for 1/2 the night.
We had reserved a campsite,
south east of Seattle
and that is where Mai & Jere met us,
we had a nice afternoon and evening,
we took a hike down to the river ....
Here we go,
Hector can always come up with
some kind of competition,
so this is the great
"who can cross the river first - -
without getting wet"
competition.
Elisa wasn't up for competition,
so we stayed on the bank
and cheered the rest on.
A few nature shots,
God gives us so much
to appreciate.
Well,
after the hike we caught 3 monkey's
remembering to...
Hear no evil,
See no evil,
and
Speak no evil!!
Oops!
Elisa got a prickle off the ferns,
and our little
"Miss Teacher"
came to the rescue.
Didn't take her long to recover,
and proceed to have fun!!
After a questionably good night of sleep
(our air mattress needed re-pumping
at 3 am)
We started out on the way to the Airport,
(about 30 miles from the campsite),
we were looking for a
"Good" place to have breakfast.
A Denny's would have been acceptable,
but we found nothing
until we actually arrived at the Renton Mall,
where some guys told us that
there was a Denny's "over there".
We looked "over there"
but never did find it.
Partly because we were afraid
to end up on some freeway
that might take us miles away.
Finally at 10 am the Quizno's opened
and we ate breakfast there.
Sure taught me that it is better
to take food from home,
and not count on "eating out".
After Quizno's we had promised Mai
that we would find a Baskin Robins.
She still feels cheated that
Hector Royce and I
had Ice Cream in Italy
while she was still in France,
and it never worked out
for her to have Italian Ice Cream later.
She says we always do the
"fun stuff"
when she isn't along.
So I had done the internet
thing and found that Baskin Robins
was right at the Renton Mall,
(which is very close to the Seattle Airport).
So we finished our Breakfast with
Ice Cream.
Yumm...
It's always a good thing
to choose your ice cream
by the color that it
is going to make your tongue.
And don't forget to compare tongue's!!
The well wishers party at the Airport.
What Love!!
And she's gone!!!!!!!!!! 
