RACCOON RAIN

Michael and I went to the Tri-Cities this week for his birthday and to see his parents. Unlike dreary Seattle, the sun is shining and one can drive with the windows down in the Tr-Cities. To my sun starved eyes, eastern Washington may as well be Shangri-La.


We stopped in Hood River, OR to stretch the legs and drink more coffee. This place has changed in the past 10 years. More coffee shops and winery outposts than surf shops. My family and I used to go to Hood River every summer to windsurf (oh bizarre sports of yesteryear!)








Birthday drinks at Lee's.


Value Village. Michael humors me by trying on sweaters he doesn't like.




And back to Seattle...through the worst rush hour traffic in the windiest rain. But it's good to be home.