Catching Up with Ed and Karen

Catching Up with Ed and Karen
We now live in California's Sonoma Valley, north of San Francisco Bay ...All around us are picturesque vineyards.
We've retired after serving United Methodist churches in Washington State, AND as Resident Minister for the inter-denominational Christian ministries in both the Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks. [These vital ministries continue ...see http://www.acmnp.com/]

After living and traveling full-time in our 35-ft Motorhome RV for
seven years, we "hung up the keys" and settled into a cozy cottage in Sonoma , California. Here we are easy distance from our kids and grand-kids.

Check out our Blog Archive (below, right) about our various "where's" and "what's."

Thanks for visiting!

Monday, April 29, 2013

KAREN HAVING FUN !

This past week was "Stagecoach Days" at Park of the Sierras, where we are presently located. This was 4-days of entertainment, music, special events, fund-raising auction, catered meals, etc.

One event was Country-Western Line Dancing. And Karen --who grew up a sophisticated woman on Seattle's Queen Anne Hill-- discovered that she likes to "kick up her heels (literally) with the rest!



It was no real surprise that the next morning Karen's leg muscles were "talking" at her!  ...but it was worth it...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

"Big Trip for Karen"
 
Olive (Karen's Mom),  Karen,  Vickie (Karen's Sister) at the Tulip Fields
 
Last week, Karen made her first trip in years to Seattle to visit family there.
While there, they visited the "Tulip Fields" about 100mi north in the Skagit River Valley. They were blessed by the one day of sunshine they had all week! 
As you see, the tulips go on for mile after vivid, colorful mile...

Here they are again in the actual fields..
 
 

 
She had an exciting, colorful time.

We'll share more about her and her "Northwest" family
over the next couple days... so keep posted!