Beneath the Wraps

  On Thursday morning my cousin Kindra (aka Michelle) and daughter, Aria (aka Melody) drove to Marj’s house to take Jaime and me to breakfast.   We ended up at a waffle house near the high school.   Afterwards  Aria had wanted to get something at Fashion Place and so Jaime and I returned to the mall for a second time. After we were through browsing at the mall, Kindra drove us downtown and dropped us off.              We were specifically looking for a penny press machine and thought there might be one at the planetarium, but there was not.      Jaime received a text message from Richard while we were downtown.   He had made arrangements for us to check in at a hotel as he was planning on driving in to collect us.  I was adamant about NOT returning on Greyhound.   I had wanted Richard to go with us in the first place specifically for the 18 th and 19 th – my soul reason for even being in Utah.   ...

          All three of the boys have said they would come visit – though only two have made it.  Randy brought his family over Memorial weekend last year. This year Tony said he would leave Salt Lake after Jaime ’ s graduation.  He left on the forth. They came by way of California so that they could see the Redwoods.  We did not realize that we lived so close. We had suggested to them that they could stop at the Vortex on the way here – but by the time they got there, it was almost time to close.  And then the GPS led them some funky way.  For they were only forty minutes out but took to hours to get to us.         They chose not to stay with us as their middle child is allergic to dogs.   Though we did put Bonnie in the kennel on Monday morning, Liz still has allergies.   She remembered having been there before and was quite excited about her stay.   Jaime was not excited.   The...

Bandon is a few hundred less in population than is Myrtle Creek.   Unlike Myrtle Creek, Bandon draws crowds of people and tourism.   Thus Bandon offers a variety of lodging including hotels and beach houses to rent.   Denny Dyke and his team create these amazing labyrinth pathways called Circle in the Sand.   My friend had gone and told me that I should go because “it is so cool” (see here and  here ).           The last two days on schedule for this year were September 1 and 2, but nothing offered August 31 which is when Labor Day weekend started.   Because we hadn’t gone anywhere during the time that Roland had off, he felt gypped out of having stayed elsewhere over night.   Because there was no room in Bandon, we had found lodging in Coos Bay.           After checking in to the hotel, we all went swimming.    ...