June 26

Still here waiting, but we had a lot of visitors this week so time passed quickly.

Betsy’s sister Mary Jo and Jerry came on Monday and left Thursday. We ate out quite a bit and had a good visit. Visited Flower World and ate at the Maltby Café which was fabulous! Also shopped at the Country Village just down the road from us. Jim, Marci and Cassie arrived Friday night and stayed until today (Sunday afternoon). We did steaks and corn on the Traeger and I made Jim a birthday cake (Grandma’s famous chocolate recipe). Had a great time and Violet loved it. She and Cassie played most of the time so she was exhausted last night! We again ate at the Maltby Café this morning for breakfast. There was a line but it didn’t take long to get seated (about 15 minutes). The food is definitely worth waiting for.

The sun was out until about 4 this afternoon. It is still warm but cloudy now. Expecting Libby to arrive in about an hour. She was in Portland for a concert and is driving up for a couple of days. Will be nice to see her.

Air cannon update. First can, empty, went out about 30’. Second can, third full of water, made it about 75 yards at 30 lbs of pressure. Subsequent cans hit the 100 yard mark, still at 30 lbs pressure. Fired a few mini tennis (dog toy) balls, and easy 100+ yards. We can’t take the risk of increasing the pressure here. A couple of spendy motor coaches are just beyond the 150 yard mark. I cannot afford the potential damage. Wish I could find an unused airfield…. ;-) Will work on the design a little. I still think I can get a can to the ¼ mile mark. Maybe some competition down the road.

We also missed the Northwood Owners Association Rally at Hot Lakes RV Park. Next year.

Not much more to tell. Need to get back on our diets soon and quit eating out so much!