Leaving Bremerton

   

Our stay in Bremerton met our expectations.  We saw doctors and dentists and many of you, our friends. We enjoyed visiting with all of you. Special thanks to those who dropped by the RV. How fun!

 

 

The Elks RV Park turned out to be an enjoyable place to stay. A large expanse of grass was visible out the front window against a background of NW forest. A deer wandered through from time to time. Only 4-5 rigs used the park during our 3 weeks there.  Several came for a few days and left.  Serenity surrounded us most of the time. The Elks rents out a covered kitchen area each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  I enjoyed seeing the various events celebrated. Curfew hours keep the noise level to a minimum.

 

The Wednesday we drove by the Sizzler Restaurant and saw the “We are closed” sign surprised us. Derrille and the lunch bunch had been there on Monday and no one mentioned they were closing.  The lunch bunch gathers once a week to enjoy lunch and each other’s company.  The tradition is about 35 years old, and 31 of those years occurred at this Sizzler.  The group met at the West Side Pizza Hut the following Monday, but haven’t really decided on a replacement for the Sizzler.  Very few restaurants offer a salad bar, and definitely not a Sizzler salad bar, which the guys really like.

 

While in town we took advantage of the Father’s Day sale at Macy’s and purchased a new recliner with footstool for Derrille. The salesperson said it would be in-store either late July or August.  However it arrived on June 21^st.  This is our day to leave Bremerton and head to the Washington coast for 17 days.  We were told pick up time was after 2 pm. So we had a leisurely morning.  Derrille walked his four miles. Then we loaded up and went to get propane…..it’s probably going to be cold for at least part of our beach stay. Next we went to the Fairgrounds to dump our tanks.  The first part of our beach stay is a Thousand Trails park, Oceana.  Never having been there, we weren’t sure what to expect.

 

 

 

 

Next we went to Macy’s parking lot to wait.  It was just before one o’clock, but Derrille went to check on the chair.  WOW! It’s here!  The warehouse worker helped Derrille get the chair into the RV and put together. In the meantime, Nancy (my sister) and Roger arrived to haul off our old chair to Goodwill.  The new chair looks great!  Nancy and Roger left.  We pulled in the slide and headed for the beach.

 

The first freeway ramp exits to Newberry Hills. About there, I realized that Ashley may not be with us. So we pulled to the shoulder and checked her usual haunts.  NO ASHLEY!

 

We’d both seen her head for the bedroom, later I saw her come back to the front. With everyone checking out the new chair, the screen door was left open. Ashley can be a bit sneaky about zipping out the door unseen.  In the last few years because of resort rules, Ashley goes outside on a leash. However, if the door is open, she may take advantage of the opportunity for a little adventure. No leash, no human....a little freedom to do what she pleases.

So we drove to the Chico exit two exits down to turn around and return to Macy’s.  We pulled up to where we had parked before. The parking lot looked empty. 

But behind the Lazy-boy store next door, Ashley was seriously investigating a dumpster.  She sniffed about at a leisure pace...looking much like this photo of her on her leash.  A couple of employees saw her, but couldn’t catch her.  Derrille just walked over and picked her up. She may have figured we'd be back to get her eventually.

This is Ashley’s second adventure this year. Fortunately she is a campin’ cat and doesn’t tend to go far.  Derrille deposited her to her traveling paper bag on my recliner and now we are off to the beach for real!