1978 Catherine's letter -July 2

Sun. Evening

July 2, 1978

Dear Mom, Dad & Mary V.,

Hi!  We came home from Yosemite yesterday.  It was beginning to get a little crowded with the weekenders so we decided to come home over the 4th of July.  We saw on the news tonight about the increased crime at Yosemite at unguarded campsites, etc. but we didn't have any problems. 

We figure now to leave on Thursday morning for our tour of northern California, Oregon & other parts.  DeeDee's friend, Stacia, is going to fly back to San Diego from San Jose on Thursday morning and then we're going north from there.  We have made plans to visit my friend Sue Steusloff Durham – formerly of Denver but now she lives on a farm near Portland, Oregon.  DeeDee is excited because they have horses, colts, goats, etc.  She has a 7-year-old daughter & a five year-old son but they are spending the summer with their grandparents in Colorado so we won't see them.  We are planning on arriving there on Thurs. July 13 and we'll probably stay a couple days so if you care to write us there the address is . . . .

I am going to try to send the hook-rug and needlepoint things tomorrow.  The hook-rug fell off the wall while we were gone so now all I have to do is find the needlepoint.  The other needlepoint that you originally gave us is buried in a box somewhere so I am sending the Raggedy Andy one which as I recall Mary did part of.

It is now Monday morning and we are headed to Big Basin today but we'll stop at the post office first and get the package off. 

Wendy is doing fine.  Her second tooth has been about to pop through for about a week.  It doesn't seem to bother her much though.  We have begun to feed her little bites of whatever we eat at meals so she will get used to real food.  Her favorite so far is macaroni & cheese.

We plan to be gone 2-3 weeks on our trip north so I guess that will coincide somewhat with your trip.  If you are still home on the 13th I will plan on calling you from Sue's – person to person for Wendy.

I will be talking to you before then anyway as I plan to call you tomorrow on the 4th from here.

Love,

Catherine, Gerry

DeeDee & Wendy