Sat, July 5, 2008

Saturday, July 5, 2008 – Day 39

This is Linda and in case anyone wants to know, yes, I am tired of blogging. But, it will soon be all over and I won’t have to do it again. This morning I got up at the crack of dawn (5:00) to have breakfast at the motel and get the van serviced at Wal-Mart. Actually I didn’t get up until 6, but I woke up at 5 and couldn’t go back to sleep. You’ve heard enough about my woes.

We then left Yakima and went to Milton Freewater, Oregon to take out Dena Ward for lunch. Her husband was Bob’s mother’s first cousin. We had a very nice visit with her. For those of you who know her, yes she is still not acting her age. She told us she will be 94 in December. A “boy” does mow her yard now, but she still has a garden, has lots of flowers, drives, takes care of her two cats, cans fruit, etc. The area from Yakima to her place has a lot of fruits and vegetables raised commercially. It is a little strange for people from Iowa to look at acres and acres of onions! This area is just plain desert except where they irrigate and it is green there. They also grow hops for use in beer making.

From there we went on to Nampa, Idaho where we are staying tonight. Tomorrow morning we hope to take in a church service with some sort of patriotic celebration before heading on east toward home.

Have a nice day and we’ll write to you again tomorrow night.