The weekend after Thanksgiving we hosted a Boomer Happy Hour at our  place. Thanks to all who came to make this such a fun day.

A GOOD HIKE

 Larry and Jim needed to work off some of that good food so to the top of the mountian they did go.

BOOMER 2011 THANKSGIVING DINNER

 Once again the Boomers outdid themselves. We had one of our favorites, Trash Can Turkey. Yes what could be better.

 

 

Bakery in Bishop

If your driving through Bishop take the time to enjoy this fantastic Erick Schat's Bakkery. Excellent!

Mini mini rang lunch

Laurie and Odel have stopped by Carol & Ron's for a few days. We had the most fantastic lunch at Cafe Rolle a French Deli in downtown Sacramento. It's very popular, we had to wait quite a while for a table as the place is very small. But it was definitely worth the wait. We asked the Chef owner to have his picture taken with us.

Mini-mini Rangs in Sac

A gathering of Boomers in Sacramento at Ron & Carols house. Center Ron, left, Mary, Debbie, Diane, Carol, Jim, & Elaine. It was a very happy Happy Hour!

Jim loves to try restaurant's recommended on Drive In's, Diners & Dives, so off we went to try out Dan's Kitchen in Sacramento. It was good!Jim highly recommends the Blue cheese, bacon burger!

Dick Willsey

This is my(Dianes)brother-in-law Dick. He's been fighting leukemia and lung cancer for 1 1/2 years now. He's been in the hospital six times this summer with problems, mostly pneumonia. We left Wa. state as soon as Jim was finished with his cataract surgeries, a few days after Labor Day so we could come to Sacramento to be with my sister and brother in law. We're so glad we have an RV & are retired and mobile. It's been a whirlwind of Dr. appts, a very short stay in a Rehap facility(took 2 days to get admitted) where they discovered on a Xray his lung was collapsed. An ambulance was called, 8 hrs in the emergency room, many tests later then finally admitted to a hospital room. Surgery was performed the next day it was microscopic surgery(thank goodness). They relieved the pressure around the lung allowing it to expand, placed a tube in his side to drain the inside of the lung & also glued his lung to the lining. If all goes well he will be home at the end of the week. We are glad to be here and help in any way we can.

Sadly I have to update this entry. Dick lived only a short time after being discharged from the hospital. He passed away on Oct. 25 at home with his wife by his side. My sister had a wonderful Celebration of Life party for Dick. He will be greatly missed.

The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

I took these pictures of photos from a ranger presentation. These were taken from an observer at a look out point 5 miles away! He snapped and ran I'm sure.

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Seeing as the weather was going to continue to be georgous we headed over to Mt. St. Helens. What you see in this picture are weathered logs still floating on top of Spirit Lake. For those of you who may have forgotten, Mt. St. Helen's erupted in 1980. Today one can still see the devastation of how the eruption has reshaped the landscape.

When we first arrived to Windy Ridge the mountain top was covered in clouds.


This is about an hour later when the clouds lifted. Notice the right side of picture which is the north side of the mountain top. This is where the mountain bulged then erupted blasting away everything in its path.

Spirit Lake has returned but note the lack of vegatation around it.

Beautiful Mount Rainer