Another Great Adventure: Fun with Family...

Last year I came up to Post Falls to spend 4th of July with my dad's cousin, Chee Chee. They were close in age and grew up together in a small town in Indiana. She was 84 at the time, and we had a great visit. She shared lots of stories from their childhood I'd never heard before. I got to re-meet her daughter, P., whom I remember vaguely from childhood visits to their home in Pasadena, and all of her family.

Sadly, Chee Chee passed away in January and it was a great loss for all who knew her.

I asked P. if I could come up and see her and her family again, and she said to just let her know when I was in town! It has been a fun visit and P. and her husband R. have been gracious hosts.

Last night when I arrived we enjoyed pizza and a Family Movie Night with one daughter and 2 grandkids. We watched "Warm Bodies" or basically, Zombie Loves Real Girl.... it was a different kind of love story, but it was good enough.

This morning, we got up to take our chairs to the main street to watch the parade! Yes, this is the weekend for the Post Falls Festival, and everyone knows I love a parade!

Then we went to the park to enjoy music, shopping the little vendor booths and food! Yay! I had a Lamb burger...

I also got to introduce the whole family to geocaching. One grandchild, J.T., had found a geocache with me last year, and this year we found one right there in the park, all 6 of us together. P. seems to be really excited by this sport, and when I showed her the geocaches that were available in her neighborhood., she was all ready to take off and find them! We will put the coordinates into the GPS and we'll try to get to them in the next day or so.

J.T. had to get home to get ready for a work shift, but P. and R. and I walked back into the festival. Doesn't THIS look fun? People-sized hamster balls rolling on water!...