Spring Get Away...21º

Leaving Joseph for warmer places during Feb/Mar/April has seemed like a good idea for many years...Gives us a break from the snow, ice and cold of winters here in Wallowa County...Sometimes we have gone for a week, other times for a month...We have traveled to Cancun, Hawaii, Oklahome, Arizona, Florida, Washington DC and many places in between...Traveling by car, plane, 5th wheel, with family or friends or just the two of us...This year is no different except the weather here in Wallowa County has been very mild and we have enjoyed spring-like weather all of February...This makes it more difficult to drive over 1000 miles to a warmer climate, where we can bask in the sun, poolside, take in a baseball game, go to a musical production, dine out and enjoy the desert air and sunshine...Now if we could just separate the traffic, freeways and hoards of people out of this equation, all would be well.

My suitcase sits ready to be packed, I have a few kitchen staples (pepper, garlic, baking powder, seasoning packets) packed to supplement the condo kitchens...Sustenance/snacks for the trip...I'm trying to use up leftovers that I've stored in the freezer, and clean out the fridge before we depart...Balancing the check book, paying bills, making sure the people at "Visa" know we are traveling and don't cancel our credit card mid trip!..All the little last minute details.

We will spend a week in Utah, visiting relatives, before driving further south to Sedona, AZ for a week, then on to Phoenix for another week, before we return home to Joseph and hope that all the spring weather was not used up in February...By that time the daffodils will be blooming, trees starting to leaf out and buds ready to burst and the fun will begin...Planting, weeding, home sweet home.

Last night we invited John, Becky and Pam for dinner, little did they know it was a ploy to clean out the fridge, use up more leftovers and give them the job of watering plants...It was a joyful evening...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

Rustic Apple Pie

Dinner roll dough

Potatoes are starting to sprout