Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Great Escape - 2011 - Part 5

Our first morning...we had a three-bedroom condo so we three couples had own bed/bath. Wonderful accommodations! Ken and Shannon stayed in their 5th wheel.

A look around the property.

We took the gondola up the mountain on the next day.

Rick and Janet, Rich and me, Larry and Elaine.

We've known Rick and Janet since the early 1970's. I had their daughter, Stacy, in my 2-3 year old Sunday school class. Now she's a momma with three children! It's always a ton of laughs when we are together.

More views around the property. The landscape was so bright, healthy, awesome colors! A treat for heat-sore eyes!




Ken and Shannon. We met them when they moved to our town around 1970-71. They came to our church and sang in the choir Rich directed, along with Larry and Elaine. The six of us and our children did more dinners and things together, often at the drop of a hat! It was Ken and Larry who helped Rich prepare a travel trailer for our sabbatical trip in 1975. We still have the red tool box Ken put together for Rich's use on that year of travel. Ken and Shannon travel the US and Canada most of the year in their 5th wheel. They play pickle ball with others on the "senior circuit". Never heard of it. Something like tennis, but with a paddle.



Ken and Larry.


The men sitting around the 5th wheel while the gals put a dinner of chicken tortilla soup and corn bread together for dinner. The lake-view was gorgeous! A perfect spot!

Shannon with Rich and Larry. Ken and Shannon and their three kids traveled with us on the latter part of our sabbatical on 1976. Met in Cody, WY, where we awaited word of the birth of Larry and Elaine's son (I told you we have a lot of history!!), then traveled to Glacier National Park, western Canada and then home. We pulled a 26' trailer with a Chevy station wagon and they pulled a pop-up tent trailer with a VW bus. Oh!!!! Could we tell you some stories!


What a wonderful, relaxing evening! More Lake Tahoe to come!

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