Day 51

Since this was a non-travel day, I decided to make pancakes for breakfast. I got out our little fan and pointed it at the smoke alarm in hopes that it wouldn’t go off while I was cooking. I can’t tell you how may time that thing has gone off while I’ve been cooking – Jan laughs and says it’s just like home. He’s soooo funny. My big “fan” experiment was for naught – the danged smoke alarm went off anyway.

Jan had not been on his bike in a while so he went exploring while I got ready to meet the day. Last night Ken directed us to a car wash in Bremerton so we could get the truck washed and we went there after Jan returned from his ride and got cleaned up. The truck was so disgustingly dirty we just couldn’t take it anymore. When we were done with that task, Ken & Shirley took us to lunch at a restaurant on Bainbridge Island. It was a nice warm day and we got to sit outside by the water. We came back to the trailer after lunch, did some chores, and then walked along the beach by the park. It was so beautiful. This is a beach where people can shuck Oysters so there are shells everywhere. I picked up a few of them (although I’m not sure you’re supposed to) to show to my grandchildren. We even got to see the remains of what used to be an octopus – gross.

Ken & Shirley picked us up to go to dinner at the restaurant where our other nephew, Ryan, works. He works a lot (since it’s the “season”) and this was the only way we would get to see him. Scott and his son, Mike, joined us. The restaurant (Anthony’s) was lovely and the food was divine. To top it off, we had the best waiter in the place – Ryan.