Lovely Day at Hobie's Casita

We had our first cup of coffee in our Chalet, joined Hobie in the house for breakfast, then Bob and Cathryn went for a run while Hobie did some chores. Bob then made a couple small repairs on the Chalet while Hobie and Cathryn ran errands, including stops at the post office to pick up Bob’s replacement Washington State drivers license and credit card (sent thankfully by sister Lynn), Costco, groceries, Lowe’s, and gas. While they were gone, Bob also did some maintenance work on the “White Wash”. When we were here last year, Hobie took us on a tour of his property, naming the various cactuses, plants and trees for our education. He showed us the walk through the “wash” (referred to as an arroyo or by other names in other places, a dry stream that becomes a river in times of rare storms). Last year when we were here, Bob did some pruning of plant overgrowth in the wash, picked up lots of garbage that had come in with the rain, and generally restored it to a nice place to take a walk on the property. As a result, Hobie christened it the “White Wash” J So Bob did some more maintenance on it again today to keep it up. We took a brief nap in the Chalet while Hobie did an exercise routine in the house, then did some sorting and storing of stuff in the car to prepare for Mackenzie and Matt’s arrival tomorrow, when we will need to be able to fit four people and their luggage in the RAV for the first time. Cocktail hour to watch the sunset from Hobie’s patio followed by shrimp curry and salad for dinner, then more amiable chatting before heading for bed. Altogether a lovely day. We are very much looking forward to the next 5 days with Mackenzie and Matt joining our adventure. Hobie has been a wonderful, generous host, as always.