We spent a wonderful 3 days in Port Angeles. The trip along the Canal was great and we had a nice motel room at a very reasonable price. The best part though was visiting with Family - our Nephew Ken (Curran) Doerge and his wife Leola and our Neice, Barbara (Curran-Doerge) Hannify and her Husband, Larry. They treated us Royally. When we arrived Barbara and Larry picked us up at the motel & took us to Ken and Leola's home where they had a magnificent feast prepared. We ate and ate and ate. It was too good to resist. After a nice long visit we back to the motel. The next morning Barbie (as her family calls her) and Larry picked us up again and we went back to Ken and Leola's for a great breakfast. He cooked omelets on the barbecue out on the patio. She had made many delicious items to go along with that. We walked around and viewed their yard and gardens; then we climbed in their vehicle and he took us on the grand tour. We visited her original family home which now belongs to her sister and brother. Quite a huge piece of land. We visited some of their parks and of course saw the Straits of Juan De Fuca - one beach was full of surfers - there were some great waves there. We also saw the bunkers where the soldiers were after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was great concern that the next attack would occur there. We later went back to the hotel for a little rest and then Ken and Leola picked us up and took us to Barb and Larry's place for an outstanding Turkey Dinner. They had everything you would want to eat. Barbara wrote down all of our children's names - trying to keep them straight. They were so kind to me and accepted me into their family as they would a blood relative. Barbara and Larry gave us a beautiful boquet of Yellow Roses - about four dozen. I hope to show you the pictures but haven't been able to download them as yet. I will try another method. It was good to arrive back home safely; Ells had to drive most of the way as I had a bad attack of road hypnotism and could not stay awake. I couldn't find my can of energy drink I thought I had in the trunk, which usually keeps me going. The weather was beatiful the whole 3 days and the company was superb.
June 25th - As most of you know, Ralph had a complete hip replacement over a week ago and is mending pretty well we think. The first surgery was not healing right - it was crooked so they decided to finally do this surgery. He should be much better off once it is completely healed. It was quite an ordeal for him ****************************** As most of you know, my brother Ralph was in a horrible car accident yesterday morning (Sat Apr 19th) Actually it was about 1 o'clock in the morning. He was on his paper route and driving along about 60 miles an hour he said when a car came over the hill and was in his lane. He had no time to do anything; the car just hit him head on. We are all feeling fortunate that Ralph is still with us. He was hurt quite badly with several broken bones. However, he didn't lose consciousness, which means a lot and he is trying to keep his spirits up which means a lot. Neil kindly drove mom and I to the hospital in Tacoma yesterday and we stayed there and visited with his family until he was out of surgery and then out of the recovery room. We did get to visit with him for a while in his room. He is in a lot of pain but they have changed his pain medication now and it is helping him.
Here is his address if you would like to send him a card which I know he would enjoy receiving. Ralph R. Dahlberg Room 516 J Wing Tacoma General Hospital 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Way PO BX 5299 Tacoma, WA . 98415
Time Goes by
This past Friday night I rode with Neil and Maddy to the Elma Football Field to watch two of our grandsons play soccer. Jesse Burbidge (Cindy & Arlin's) played for the Elma soccer team and did a great job. Dalton Newell (Eldon & Candy's) played for Tumwater. He did a great job also but was limited on the time he could play as he was plagued with a nosebleed. It brought back a lot of memories of past football games. Eldon, Gordon, Garth, Aaron, Josh and Dan all played football for Elma. They loved it with a passion. I loved going to the games and rooting for the boys. How quickly time passes. It seemed so strange to be there at the football field watching my children's children play. I don't get to go very often but enjoy it when I do. Jesse is Captain of his team and will graduate from high school this year so he doesn't have too many games left to play. It was good to sit with the family and enjoy their company.
****************************************************Everyone deals with difficulties. We all have weaknesses; some are more obvious than others, but everyone has obstacles to overcome.
We need to help each other along, build each other up & relieve each other's burdens rather than make the journey even more difficult by criticizing one another.
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