DORIS SON JAY CAME TO TAKE US BACK TO GIG HARBOR WHERE DORIS LIVES

WE TOOK A CAR FERRY. AS WE WERE GETTING BACK IN THE CAR, AT THE LANDING, SOMEONE CALLED MY NAME! I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SOMEONE WD CALL ME IN SEATTLE AREA….IT WAS RUTH DAUGHTER SANDRA AND HER DAUGHTER…WHAT .A COINCIDENCE!

JAY ON TOP DECK

MT. HOOD HOVERING LIKE A CLOUD

OFF TO OUR WAY HOME

 

AWESOME SCENERY ON THE WAY TO DAVISON CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS 

THE CABIN…THE AREA IS HUGE, SETUPS FOR MANY MOTORHOMES, GAMES, COVERED PICNIC AREA WITH BBQ STOVES, WATER, STORAGE

ANOTHER HUGE TREE, FIVE TRUNKS GROWING TOGETHER

WALKWAY TO THE RIVER AT CAMP

BASKING LAZILY IN THE SUN NEAR THE SAUNA AND RIVER…THERE WERE SALMON IN THE RIVER, SPAWNING AND DYING…IT AMAZED ME THAT SALMON WOULD BE SPAWNING 25-30 MILES FROM THE OCEAN

 

WE WENT TO THE BALLARD LOCKS. IVE BEEN THROUGH MANY LOCKS BUT HAVENT SEEN THIS PROGRAM.  WE HAD A LITTLE EDUCATION ON THE LOCKS, AND FISH LADDER.  

CLICK AND ENLARGE TO READ

THESE MEN WERE DOING RESEARCH, DONT KNOW THE REASON

MURAL

FISH GOING UP THE LADDER

 

ME AND RUTH

RUTH…WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT HER HOME…

BUMMING DAY…SEATTLE WATERFRONT ..A COUPLE SEALS WERE SEEN

WATCHING BOATS COMING AND GOING

 

MT. RANIER, AS SEEN FROM THE HUHTA DECK

DORIS IS GONNA BE THE NEXT GRAMMA MOSES, IM GIVING HER A FEW TIPS ON WATERCOLOR 

I MET A NEW RELATIVE HERE…LANA HEINONEN GRANDSON AND FAMILY CAME TO MEET ME AND VISIT.  HE IS LANA’S SON CHARLIE’S SON.  

THE GREAT MOUNTAIN AT SUNSET

ROBERT

DORIS, GAIL, ME,PAULA…THE DAUGHTERS TAKE GOOD CARE OF DORIS.IT WAS GREAT GETTING TO KNOW THEM

 

TRIP TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO VISIT DORIS HUHTA AND RUTH DAVISON..2023 PETE WORKED FOR. BOEING in 1958 FOR ONE YEAR (mechanical engineer) BEFORE MOVING BACK TO MPLS. WALLY MY SON, WAS BORN THERE, I HAVENT BEEN BACK FOR 64 YEARS!

DORIS AND I TAKING  A WALK DOWN HER DRIVEWAY 

THE SIZE OF THE TREES WERE AWESOME

SIDE YARD OF THE HOUSE

THE ROCKIES

I TOOK A TON OF PHOTOS OF THE GREAT TREES

DORIS AND FLUFFY