Gayle and I needed to be on the road by 9:30 a.m. today to get to Lacey, Washington to visit our Uncle Don, our father's older brother. Mike got up and made us crumpets. That was a new taste for both Gayle and I. Mike and Carol are so hospitable. They even sent us out the door with crumpets and homemade apricot jam for our breakfast tomorrow.
We headed to Lacey. Our uncle is one month shy of 98-years-old. Our father was number seven of thirteen children. Don was number five. There are only four of the thirteen left. Don had this picture in his room in assisted living. Our father was the one of the couch on the far right.
We had a nice long lunch with Don in the garden of his retirement community.
Then we headed for Portland. We quickly checked in to our hotel for the night. We are staying near the airport. Gayle is flying back to Wichita early in the morning. We had made plans to have dinner with our Uncle Richard (our mother's younger brother) and his family. We are meeting at a restaurant near his retirement community. Our cousin Lisa and her son Alex, our cousin David, Richard and his wife and Richard's ex-wife (the mother of David and Lisa) all joined us for dinner.
We laughed, caught up, shared memories and had good food together. It was delightful. I wish we all lived closer together.
Back in our hotel room, Gayle packed up and I texted with my son Matt and his girlfriend, Melissa. They are flying to Portland tonight to spend the weekend with friends. I will meet them for brunch tomorrow morning.
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