There are construction zones on every route across the state this month, so pick your poison. The good news is the highways are getting repaired, the bad news is summer driving is a pain. Come to think of it, winter driving is a pain! Well, goes with the territory when you have a house in a remote "paradise" ha ha.
I went over the North Cascades Highway yesterday, and lost count of the number of flagger stops. But the worst part was miles of gravel on top of the winding asphalt highway (did it fall off the trucks?) but fortunately everyone was going slow. Poor motorcycles. Anyway, I got John's new car home without a speck of damage. A miracle.
Amanda and Tom are coming tonight and staying here this weekend, but they'll be busy with city shopping and the girls spending time with their other grandparents and cousins.
Lots to do around the house before we go away Labor Day weekend. The paint touch-up is almost done (John doing a great job, of course) and Mr. Nguyen cuts the hedge this morning. The house is still dirty, but that can wait. Looks like a decent crop of plums on the tree, and hope we have to time get in some canning before they spoil.
My final complaint this morning is mosquitoes. They were never a problem in Seattle before the climate heated up. The buzzing (it just takes one) woke me up at 3:30 and now my arm has big itchy bites. They bite John too, but he just gets little red dots. Lucky.
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