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Oct. 17 – WA, Vancouver

October 23rd, 2005

Day 77 – Arrived to Jason’s mom, Carol’s, humble abode in Vancouver, Wa. We are spending the week with his mom and his sister, Shelley, who lives only 8 miles away. Shelley’s home is where our cat Mo is spending his next year or so – with his new buddy Hufflepuff. So, of course we went to go say hello to him before going to bed .

Carol & John and us.

We spent most of the first couple of days running errands for the van and ourselves, buying a solar shower to hook on to the back of the van when we get toooo stinky – so no worries for us being too stinky while we continue our travels.

Casey, Carol and John’s cat

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Oct. 15/16 – WA, Lake Cushman

October 23rd, 2005

Day 75/76 – This weekend we spent our time at a cabin off of Lake Cushman near the Olympic National Park with Tom, Peggy, Matt, Shelley, and Eric. It was a lot of fun to just hang out and relax in the woods. We didn’t do much besides eat and play games (including learning how to play Dune on the x box). We went on a beautiful hike in the old growth forest of the National Park and later the guys went out golfing.

Lake Cushman — Jason and Tom

On Sunday morning before we left I went on a picturesque hike with Eric up part of Mt.Rose. The leaves were all turning yellow and red with the lake sparkling through the leaves. The sun came out after it warmed up and shined through making the yellow leaves more golden and drawing out the fragrance of moist dirt and crisp air.

The Haase Family

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Oct 13/14 – WA, Lacey

October 23rd, 2005

Day 73/74 – I finally get to spend some time with my best friends from high school. Kellie and Natalie (Kellie’s kid) picked me up and we dropped Natalie off at her grandma’s – which was nice because I got to visit with Kellie’s parents and sister. Then we stopped by Christine’s parents house to pick her up for dinner and visit with her two kids, Sarah & Alison, and her parents. I felt like I was in high school again stopping by all the parents homes and picking up friends for a night out. Hanging out in my orginal home town.

lf to rt: Kellie, Me, and Christine… by bestest friends since middle/high school

Friday morning we all went out to a farm and met a bunch of animals. We were able to pet the rabbits and visit with the chickens, peacocks, goats, ducks, geese, and cows. The farm sold a bunch of produce and canned goods including delicious apple cider.

toddlers meet the baby goats…

Kellie, Russ, and Natalie Natalie at the farm, so cute!

Sarah, Christine’s oldest girl, so smart and sweet!! And Alison riding the horse like a champ!

Farm animals 🙂

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Oct 12 – WA, Tenino

October 23rd, 2005

Day 72 – Today we went to visit a vw junk yard to try and get a few spare parts for the vw, but came out empty handed. After a bit of work on the van we went out to visit Judy and Glen, Jason’s Aunt and Uncle. We had a great chat with them and found out some good information from when they have traveled in Mexico. We also tried some very interesting tea, it is made of green tea being soaked with a big mushroom and then they add vinegar to it at the end. Supposed to help keep your body healthy and ticking! It was quite bitter and sharp tasting, but actually not that bad. 😉

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Oct. 11 – WA, Tenino

October 23rd, 2005

Day 71 – We are now visiting Jason’s dad’s house where Tom (Jason’s dad), Peggy (Jason’s step-mom), and Matt (Jason’s step-brother) live. We got up at 5:00am to go to coffee with Tom – this is what Tom does every morning. It was really nice getting up so early and just sipping coffee slowly, eating breakfast, and listening to a bunch of town men chatting.

Today we started to fix up the atheistics of the inside of the van. Henry got all the half- missing, falling- off wallpaper taken out and a new coat of white paint on all the side boards. We also took out the main floor carpet and installed some ‘wood floors’ of the Pergo type. That helped clean it up and almost turns it into a new home to live in for the year or so. We still have a few more cosmetics to attend to, but he is getting freshened up.

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Oct 10 – WA, Shelton

October 23rd, 2005

Day 70 – A big day for us. Dad let us borrow his car, again – thanks dad!!!, to go check out that same van in Portland and purchase it. No one else was able to get the cash out either – makes sense and was lucky for us. Though it was not as easy as it sounds ~ assuming since it was Monday and the banks would be open was not such a thoroughly thought out plan for us. It was actually Columbus Day and all the banks were closed…. and the sellers wanted all cash. We ended up finding a way to solve the problem, but we ran around all day to complete the transaction. Personally, it was way too complicated than it should have been to buy a car, but Jason and the van already had a bond going and it was the right one for us.

By the afternoon we were driving home – Jason drove the new addition to our family, Henry, a 1981 VW Vanagon Deluxe Camper that is the color of the light brown m&m that was discontinued. Why did they discontinue that m&m color anyways – I always liked that one! I drove my dad’s car back home with the glowing orange lights of Henry behind me.

Welcome Henry. I think we have become VW groupies, I loved the Golf, good old Master Jedi; and Henry is growing on us like Mo’s cat hair grows on anything that is within a five mile radius of him.

Hereeee’s Henry

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Oct. 8/9 – WA, Shelton

October 21st, 2005

Day 68/69 – This Saturday was swap meet day at S.O.C.K. (Save Our County’s Kids) and we went down to help dad and Sue set up a table for SOCK. They hold a swap meet once a month on the second Saturday; we arrived just in time. SOCK is a non-profit youth center in Shelton to help at risk kids in the community, which Sue founded 8 years ago. They just received a mentoring grant to help them continue their programs and expand, but now they need to match the grant in fundraising – if you are interested in helping them out with a contribution you can find out more information from their website www.sock.org or email at sock@sock.org.

While we were at the swap meet, we did a bit of browsing for vans on the internet in their computer lab. We decided to start looking at VW Vanagons again and found a couple down in Portland that sounded pretty good. Dad let us borrow his car, again, to go check out those few vans in Portland and see if they were any good. The one that really drew us down there turned out to be pretty good and there was a lot of other people interested in it. The sellers would only take cash and since it was Saturday evening no banks were open and all the western unions were closed. The only other source would be our atm cards, but they have a theft protection on them and we can only withdrawal a limited amount of money per day. So, we had to say good bye to the van and if it was still available Monday morning we’d come down and buy it. We did so much running around and it seemed way too complicated for a van; it just didn’t feel right – if it was supposed to be our van, it would work out.

The next day we went to downtown Shelton to help my dad set up his Spiritual Cinema that he runs the second Sunday of every month. It was fun to help set up a mini-theater for people to come and enjoy. We made popcorn and served beverages, it was the works. We watched two movies a short film (that didn’t really impress Jason or I) and a documentary of Ramdass called “Fierce Grace”; it was very interesting to learn about his life and a group of people from that generation.

Bob setting up Spiritual Cinema and Us helping set up the table for the swap meet — I think Jason bought the tiger costume for Halloween.

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Oct 7 – WA, Shelton

October 21st, 2005

Day 67 – Today we borrowed my dad’s car and went to look at a Toyota 4-wheel drive van. We were contemplating buying a more beat up van and fixing it up – unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we couldn’t get it to run…. so we scratched that one off the list.

Tonight, we were supposed to go with Bob and Sue to the Washington State Corrections (the prison) where they hold a class for the inmates to learn about various religions and hold discussions, they do this twice a week. Neither of us have ever been to a prison and were very interested in meeting the inmates. Bob had us cleared to come in, but when we came up to the entry gate our names were not on the list. There was nothing they could do, it got lost somewhere in all the paper work that goes on in state departments. So, next time we come through we will try to arrange it so that we can attend one of their sessions.

Bob and Sue (April’s dad and step-mom)

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Oct 6 – WA, Seattle

October 21st, 2005

Day 66 – Holly, Cole, and I went down to my Grandma and Grandpa Bottman’s house in Puyallup for lunch. Bob and Sue (my dad and step-mom) met us there. We had a wonderful lunch with a lot of food, and of course we all ate too much food and coffee; but that is what you are supposed to do at grandma’s 😉 It was great to visit with them and say hello. We look forward to the next visit and we’ll try to coordinate it so that Neil, Peter, and Jason can come too.

I went home with my dad to spend the next few days with them in Shelton, Wa. Jason met us at Bob’s house that night.

Grandma Thelma & Grandpa Art Bottman

All of us at grandma and grandpa Bottman’s house

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Sept. 30/Oct 3 – WA

October 21st, 2005

Day 60:63 – This weekend was the weekend from hell. Jason, Neil, and I all came down with the stomach flu on the same day and within hours of each other. Yes, none of it was pleasant and there were quiet a few trips to the bathroom. Holly didn’t get sick because she just had the same thing, but worse, last weekend. So she took Cole and stayed the night at my mom’s house and all us sickies slept all evening and night. And we pretty much spent all of Saturday the same way. We thought it might have been food poisoning, but Holly ate the same food we did last night, so it looks like we had the stomach flu.

By the way, the dinner last night at vegetarian restaurant Carmelita was amazing; a large amount of perfection in each small bite.

We were all basically back to normal by Monday, finally. Jason went down to his dad’s house today to partake in a poker party; unfortunately he didn’t come out with any extra money. I went out with my sister and her friends Holly (yes they have the same name –so we’ll call her Holly2) and Megan to celebrate Holly2’s birthday – hee hee Happy Birthday, girl!!!

Playing a bit of football

Jason not feeling so hot

Neil and Simon really not feeling so hot

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