Sharon,
Welcome back.
I am glad you enjoyed your trip.
Virgie At 01:58 AM 6/28/2005, you wrote:

>Hi guys!
>
>I'm back!  I left Thursday morning around 11:00 with Mom and Dad.  We went
>to Judy and Wendell's house where Bob and Donna had driven with their
>rental.  We got ready and got into the rental with them.  We traveled for
>awhile and stopped for lunch at a place on the Oregon trail and looked
>around a bit.  When we got to Yackima (I don't know how to spell that one.)
>we had dinner and stopped for the night.  The next day we went on to Port
>Townsend where Maxine lives, ate lunch, got ready and went on to Port Warden
>where the reunion was.  It was fun!  I think there were supposed to be 75
>people.  I put strings on most of the name tags on the way over.  We stayed
>in maybe two or three houses where bedding and linen were provided, but a
>lot of the time we walked a ways to where we ate, but that's good for you,
>right?  We were close to the bay, so we went down to the beach and explored.
>Some people even saw dolphins and odders!  I got to touch interesting
>seaweed and other things too, and later I got a boat ride.  It was fun, and
>it was bumpy when we went fast, but the waves weren't deep like I like them.
>
>Friday night they had us start a game in which we went around asking
>everybody what our favorite kind of ice cream is and have us sign our names
>on each other's papers.  I didn't have anyone do it, but I signed some of
>them.  Saturday morning we had tags stuck to our backs.  I didn't get what
>the secret was, but we got assigned to groups of about eight people, each
>group witha name like Dolphins (my group), Odders, or Octopus.  We had to
>get our middle names, add up our ages, and remember the total for some
>reason.  Then my group, at least, when the groups got together at
>dinnertime, figured out what machine we were going to act out that night.  I
>suggested that we do a CD player; have some people form a frame on the
>outside, while the rest go inside and spin around, and we all sing a song.
>It didn't take long for them to say what we were, so I wonder if somebody
>spilled the beans. (smile)  Later we went outside to watch my nephew swing a
>light stick around.
>
>Sunday we had a time of worship and sharing, watched videoes of reunions
>past, socialized, and a little more singing and devotion.  That night my
>nephew and a friend did fire poy, in which you run, spew a bit of alcohol,
>swing something around, and I don't remember all the details but it's safe
>if you're supervised; they use kerosene.  I don't think Mom and Dad saw it
>though.  we weren't sure if he was going to do it.  We sat in the car
>waiting to find out, so it wasn't described to me.  I was disappointed.
>
>After lunch Yesterday, Bob and Donna took off with their daughter Antara,
>who came the day before, and went to Portland, Oregon to fly back to
>Virginia.  Maxine and Dad drove us all the way back to Idaho today!  we had
>dinner at Judy's before coming home.  So, what's been going on since I've
>been gone?  I was trying to get my e-mail, but I got error messages, so I
>thought I'd write while I wait to try again.  Let's see if I can get it now.
>
>Sharon
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shelly Pryor" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Trip and reunion
>
>
> > Hey sharron where in washington will you be? Just curious because I live
>in
> > wa.
> > Shelly
> >
> >
>
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