Saturday, September 15, 2007

Day off in Richland, WA

Kim with her flowers
Anthony's Kitchen
The outside view at Anthony's
Vinyards
and more vinyards

Friday went to the Chiropractor and then to a farmers market in downtown. They closed down several streets for the market. We bought tomatoes, apples, sweet corn, bread, green beans, a fresh fruit drink from a Hawaiian style drink maker (oranges, bananas and strawberries), some beef from a local rancher and I bought a bouquet of flowers for Kim. I know she really appreciates flowers. When we got home I fell asleep in the recliner outside and Kim read and listened to me snore.

While in Richland we went to Anthony’s restaurant. It is a very nice place with a view of the lake and really good food. We liked that the kitchen is out in the open where we could see them making the food. The cooks were real chefs and it showed in their attitudes that they liked what they were doing. After eating at Anthony’s we walked outside and toured an outside boat show. The must have had several hundred boats. We say some Smoker Craft that were mad in New Paris, IN.

When we got to Richland we found that our neighbor on the right retired from asphalt making equipment manufacturing. He sold his company a little over a year ago. As we left we met the neighbor on the other side and he just retired from a ready mix company in southern California. His sister now runs the company.

We arrived at Silver Creek tonight where we’ll be for a week. Our neighbors pulled in just after us and are from South Carolina. His name is Jack and hers is Sylvia. They are really nice people and we look forward to getting to know them over the next few days. For the next week we’ll be visiting Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier. I hope to take a helicopter ride over Mt. St. Helens. Some other RV’ers highly recommended it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey guys!

I am the "Local Rancher"..You were both a pleasure to be around during our Brief visit. The pictures are accurate. These two really seem to be enjoying themselves!

Hope you have had a chance to enjoy our Beef! I will let you know when we get a website up!

Enjoy the rest of your travels,

Pat

Anonymous said...

Wish we could be there with you! My parents live in Washington...oh how we miss 'em! Our song, "Amazed" was inspired by a wild rose we spotted at a camp located near the base of Mt. Rainier. It's gorgeous out there. Enjoy!

Mitch & Kim said...

Howdy Pat, we plan to grill the steaks tonight. Thanks for writing.
Jer & Marcie,
You are such great friends. Thank you for the note. We are having the time of our lives. Do you remember your life before kids? I know we love them dearly, but it's neat to be with just my sweetie again. We will be having the kids come to S. Calif. for T-giving. Let us know if our travels might intersect somewhere. We would love to see you. God Bless, Mitch