The park, a party, eagles, the baaaaad Jeep

One of our first outings was to attend Brenden's (Sierra and Austin's cousin) baseball game. He is 7 years old. I had good time photographing the game. Connie's Mom, Dad and grandmother, as well as Connie's sister were there. Of course the grand kids enjoyed the playground, even though they missed an exciting baseball game! Brenden played a good game, had some great defensive plays and got a few hits. Fun was had by all. After the game we all went to Burger King for lunch, then the "girls" went to Ashley's (Brenden's sister) dance recital. I heard that they all had a good time there.

The "guys" went home to go fishing. There is a small pond within walking distance of the house, although it is surrounded by trees, the new neighbor has cleared an area for fishing. Taking two young guys, with trees close to the water would be an event. While fishing, David, the new neighbor came out with his two boys and we all had a good time, untangling reels, retrieving lures and hooks etc. Although we didn't catch any fish, everyone had a good time! It was a good thing that we left the dogs at home, they love the water and I'm sure that someone would have been able to hook one of them!

That Sunday evening, Connie and Trevor invited both the two new neighbors and some friends and family over for a cookout. I made a GREAT batch of "Sneaky Pete". We cooked out, well I should say Marice did, as the guys sat around the fire and downed a few beers while the Sneaky Pete seemed to disappear before even all the guest had arrived ..... well Connie DID say she liked it!

The next day, Trevor, Marcie, Austin, Sierra and I headed out to Dosewallips park to do some birding and let the grand kids play on the beach of the Hood Canal. It was amazing, we saw a total of 10 American Bald Eagles in a group. Some were two year old, some were full grown. There were a group of seals swimming around the stumps where one of the eagles were sitting. We had taken the spotting scope so we had a great time watching them. We took some photos, but they were off in the distance so far that the pictures didn't come out. I should have placed the camera on the tripod and we probably would have gotten some good pictures. Next time .. .. we learn as we go!


The Jeep now has a rebuilt engine in it. It was diagnosed with very little compression, zero in cylinder number two. We decided to go ahead and have it replaced. We did find some Jeeps for sale in the area, but they had 140,000 plus miles on them. It was a difficult decision, only time will tell if it was the correct one. This way we don't need to worry about getting a tow package on it, or the time involved in finding another vehicle, or what to do with it etc.