Good morning everyone.  It's a bright beautiful day here in Redmond Washington.  Raven and I are about to hit the road.  Goal for today is Bend Oregon.  Bye to all of my Washington state family for now.  I love you and will miss seeing you over the next several months.

I'm looking forward to visiting friends and family along the way and having the summer to catch up with friends from the past (thought about saying "old friends" but when you get to be my age you have to be careful about using the word "old").  Here we come Maryland, ready or not.

Have a wonderful weekend and we'll say more when we get to Bend.

Love you all.