Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Wednesday July 21: Preparing to Leave for Seattle

We're still in Parry Sound - which is our departure point for our trip to Seattle. Andy and Helen's daughter Bethany is getting married on Sunday so the Franko clan is gathering to celebrate. Today started with a walk uptown for breakfast at Lil's - first breakfast out in 10 days which is surely a record for us!
On the way we were shocked to see a Whole Foods store - until we realized it wasn't the familiar Whole Foods stores from California but it was fun for a minute :-)
Steve got ambitious and rode to the hardware store, Home Depot and the grocery store (mostly uphill) as well as to the lookout tower (separate trips - but both definitely uphill) which overlooked Parry Sound. Quite the view. Meanwhile, I finished up the 3rd load of clothes so we are ready to go. Steve found an new use for Gorilla Guy - a place for my socks to finish drying! Gorilla Guy was a gift from my brother Tom quite a few years ago when I visited my Mom and Dad in Phoenix and Tom drove down from Tuba to join us. It was Easter - hence the bunny ears!
Enterprise will pick us up here at the marina in the morning, we'll drive to Buffalo (way less expensive to fly from the states) about 4 hours away and then fly out Friday morning. Our return is scheduled for Tuesday - we'll add a day detour to meet Joe and Joy as they make their way east in their sailboat on the Erie Canal. They were former dock neighbors at East 55th Street, sold their home and are on the travel 'til you drop plan!
Blogging to resume when we return from the wedding.....

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