Another not-disappointing trip to Cape Disappointment

We were more than a day late getting away due to international differences between American and German wiring. But after some frank and productive diplomacy, we were on our way.

Did we ever need a vacation?!? And not just to recover from the frantic rush to get ready for vacation. It’s been a year since just the two of us (and dogs) got away together.  Back to Cape Disappointment State Park we went, for the fifth (?) year.

One reason we like this place so much is watching Pippi and Poppi running free on the beach.  There’s also great flat bike riding and quite a lot of history and art on display.

"Free at last, free at last..."

"Thank god almighty, I'm free at last!"

"Look at that, we even got the old man running with us!"

Meanwhile, back at the campsite, we mostly sat around reading, watching the campfire and staring into space.  When we stepped back a bit, we saw a cozy little scene, both inside and out…

The weather was wonderful, basically just shirtsleeve weather, no wind, just perfect for lounging about…

And then we watched the moon rise over Toaster Moon… and be reflected in Toaster Moon.

And pronounced it the perfect moment of the trip.

At Cape Disappointment

We’re sitting at our little dining room table in Toaster Moon at Cape Disappointment. Am I disappointed that it’s misty and wet this morning? Not a bit. It’s cozy in where we are.

Our only concern this morning is that Poppi seems to be hurting, kinda like she did before she had surgery for a herniated disk. We have her lying on cushions in front of a window where she can see out. We HOPE it’s not another disk gone bad… but we decided to forgo the romp on the beach this morning in hopes she feels better later. When she hurts, we hurt, we love our little stuffed animal so much.

Pippi is up to her usual verging-on-pancreatitis-diarrhea, we have a knack for this shit…

Ric is happy cuz he is organizin’! He brought his label making machine and is busy making labels for his new tool organizing system in his new truck.

Yeah, he has a new truck. It’s a Sprinter and it is ginormous. It’s at Performance Mobility right now getting the lift installed. We’re using his old truck to tow Toaster Moon on this vacation, but next time we’ll be in the Sprinter (and we do hope it is up to the towing task.)

He’ll be selling his old truck, the sooner the better so he won’t have two truck payments… yay for craigslist!

Somehow I survived the last couple of weeks and now I need some serious R&R. So does Ric… he’ll be 60 this coming Saturday! Wow! That’s fairly amazing. And a few days later, we have our 7th wedding anniversary. This August we’ll have been together for 11 years. Time flies when you’re havin’ fun, I guess.

So we don’t care if it rains this week, cuz we brought the whole first season of The Wire! And a bunch of other movies… and I brought all the New Yorkers and Atlantics I’m so behind on, plus the book group book, plus some sewing, and of course my laptop so I can catch up on my lil ole blog. So rain your heart out. We be ready!
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