Update May 16,2008

Hi Everyone,
Sorry we haven't updated this blog for awhile, but a number of places we stayed at were located in beautiful remote settings wtih "dead zones" for internet, cell phones and even DirecTv. On top of that, it rained a lot -- thus, we don't have many pictures of the places we stayed.
After visiting Jerry's sister and family in Grants Pass, OR, we traveled up the Oregon and Washington coasts. We went to Portland for one day to visit with our former neighbors in Playa del Rey (see photo below). In Port Angeles, we visited with Jerry's long-lost second cousin and his family (again, see photo below). Jerry had not seen him since the '60s.
We have just arrived at the KOA in Lynden, WA -- a few miles outside of Bellingham. To get from Port Angeles and across Puget Sound, we had to take a ferry from Kingston to Edmonds. It was a half hour trip on the sea. When we were directed to drive the RV on the boat, Mary took video of us loading the coach on to the ferry. Just as we parked the RV, a port security guard knocked on our door. He said: "we noticed that you were using a video camera. I have to see what you taped." He indicated that, for security reasons, they don't want any video taken of the inside of the vessel that could be used by terrorists. Jerry showed him the video, and he said "you can't keep that." He asked us to please erase it now. Big problem!! We just bought the camera and hadn't erased anything yet. When we told him we didn't know how to erase it, he asked to see our ID. We showed him our passports and he let us go, but said "no more tourist pictures down below...please."