Dalys visit the New House

Rather than traveling East for the holidays this year, we coordinated it so that my family would come visit us in January. And it just so happened that they arrived on the day of our closing! (We had done all of the signing the day before our closing, so that we wouldn't have to worry about.)


A toast to the new house! We didn't do any "large scale" moving into the new house while they were here, but we did make sure both cars were full before heading north.

On the Friday after our closing, we decided to host Bad Movie night at our new house, despite the fact that we hadn't actually moved in yet. (We did have some furniture that we bought - cheap - from the previous owners, so that there was something to sit on.) So we borrowed a projector from the office, connected it up to Corinne's laptop, and initiated the house with a showing of Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I can't think of a better way (although I'm sure Corinne can.)


While Drew was here, he helped me replace the battery and battery terminals. Thanks, Drew! It was good practice for me, since I don't have that much experience with machinery - and we now own a machine shop full of tractors and other implements of destruction.


During his last visit, not only did Drew & Michelle encounter the worst winter on Mt Hood in recent history, but Drew was also denied the one food he craved while he was here: Dungeness Crab. So this time, he made sure that he got his fill. They also got to experience, according to Drew, "the greatest snowboarding in my life". I guess we made up for last year. :)


A walk along the White Salmon River, exploring our own personal park.


We snapped this photo of a hawk (?) on a nearby field.

- Mike (& Corinne)