June trip to USA - Part 1

Dear Family and Friends,

My full intent was to blog as we traveled. It turned out that at the pace we were going, having a new laptop with a new operating system to learn and a new camera to boot, it was too difficult for this old broad.  I decided to wait until we returned to Ecuador to tell you about our trip.  

We arrived in Seattle, WA on Saturday, May 28th.  Chuck's brother, Larry and his wife, Carolyn were hosting a family barbecue for Memorial day on Monday.  

Audrey and Jim, Chuck's sister and husband arrived the same day.  They had just finished up their Alaskan cruise.

On Saturday, Carolyn, Audrey, our daughter Kylie, and me all went on our family favorite past time...thrift shopping.  I did not know that Kylie was coming up from University Place to join us.  It was a nice surprise.  

Here are some photos of the family barbecue.

This is Carolyn and Audrey in the kitchen preparing the feast.

Here are Chuck and Jim doing their part by staying out of the kitchen.  😄

We had the most delicious barbecue.  Larry smoked ribs on his Traeger grill.  Carolyn made the most delicious baked beans. 

Jim, Audrey and Carolyn looking satisfied.

Chuck joined the clean plate club.

Larry and Carolyn's kids and grandkids enjoying the day.

It was so good to be back with family.  The next morning we drove to Richland, WA.

More adventure lies ahead in the next post.

Love,

Nancy