June 11 - 20 Birch Bay Thousand Trails (Birch Bay, WA)

June 20: We enjoyed our last evening (for awhile) at Birch Bay happily enjoying the friends who gathered at Gordon's and Judy's backyard at Latitude 49. Shared some great food, memories of times past and promise of fun together in the future. Bidding everyone a heartfelt "until we meet again" we are now heading for Washougal to visit Gary and Samm.

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June 14: Still enjoying our time with friends at Latitude. Ray and I took the advice of friends Gail and Art and went to the Deming Logging Show this afternoon. Amazing display of strength

and skill. It was interesting that there are multi-generations competing together and against each other. Seemed to be an awful lot of mutual respect as was obvious from the bantering and teasing between contestants. The Deming Logging Show is not for profit and has been an annual event for about 40 years. http://www.demingloggingshow.com/

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June 11: We signed the closing papers on our Latitude 49 Property today and moved our trailer over to Thousand Trails. Returned to Latitude 49 to a nice gathering with neighbors. Bittersweet day. Leaving behind some very negative relationships, but sadly leaving extremely positive friends, experiences and memories. Some of the best people I've ever met inhabit Latitude 49 and I am proud to count them as friends. We'll see them down the road, either here or there. They know who they are, and I hope I've let them know how much of an impact they have made and how much I treasure them. You are never too old to connect.