InMotion

Right now, it's Tuesday afternoon in Tacoma.  I've just had lunch and a shower, and before that a bike ride along a route formerly traveled several times a week when I was a Tacoma resident.  I visited Costco and REI and came out of it with my glasses newly adjusted and a resignation to continue shopping for shoes and other elements of my wardrobe for my son Tyler's wedding on August 31.  We spent 3 days at the ocean on the southern Washington state coast, at Seaview and Ilwaco.  It was the 10th year in a row that Carol and I and 8 others have done this, at the same beach house rental.  Spectacular.   Discovery Trail We are on the road, and have no nearby place to park our travel trailer.  A friend cleared brush on her land and had an electrical service installed for us, but that's 20 miles away from everyone.  Have you lived this way before, no home and no reservations?  I haven't.  Friends are so generous, they will offer to help in so many ways.  They provide b

BILLINGS, MONTANA.  Hard to crystallize a  coherent report when every week is pretty much a vacation that I used to have only once a year. That's my current excuse for not writing much recently.  However, I am almost certain that I will be able to put together a report of my experience at the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival last month, and that will be fun to write and hopefully a good read.  So stay tuned.  I do have some photos: Ronald D. Gramenz A few steps from our camp in the cottonwoods on the bank of the Little Missouri  River. Medora, ND Theodore Roosevelt National Park Big "Medora Musical" venue where they serve up the cheesy patriotic song and dance to 2000+ folks.  The extreme jump roping visiting troupe made a great impression.  I think Cardi B was in the song rotation.