January 10, 1980
Dear Mother, Dad, and Mary,
Hi! Have you been pretty busy since you got home? It seems like we have had something going on every day. It makes vacation time seem like it was a long time ago but we still remember what a good time we had. We got two rolls of film back today but the third roll had not come back yet. We just got one print of each to start with so we could pick the ones you might want prints of or ones we might want to send to DeeDee.
Saturday Gerry helped with the hoop shoot that the Elks put on. That is sort of a basketball contest (free throw) for 7 to 12-year-olds. The winners go on to a regional contest in Klamath Falls this weekend. I had a UMW exec. meeting. The president is moving away in March so we have to do something about finding a new one. There are 3 vice-presidents: one of them was president last, one is Caren, the preacher's wife, and the 3rd one just had twin boys and also has a son Wendy's age so I think she has her hands full already.
Then one of our tenants moved out Saturday night so we spent about 2 hours before church and two hours after church cleaning the apartment as the next tenant was anxious to move in and we were anxious to get to Portland before it got dark. We stayed in a motel Sunday night and had dinner at an excellent Chinese dinner.
Gerry's Dr. appointment was at 8:30 with an orthopedic consultants firm. About three doctors checked him over for things like nerve damage, muscles, etc. After that we had breakfast (I had some delicious pecan pancakes - I'll have to try making some with the pecans you gave us) and then went to an unfinished furniture store and ordered at etage [the correct word would be eterage -- one of the few pieces of furniture I still have 40 years later]. It has a shelf in the middle that opens up into a desk. We are going to stain it a dark color. It is supposed to arrive in 4-6 weeks so we'll see what kind of service we get. It was just beginning to snow when we left Portland and the truck was acting up so we decided to come back through Hood River and The Dalles. It is about 50 miles further but much safer than going over the mountain in a snowstorm.
On Tuesday we left Wendy with a sitter (she didn't cry when we left which was a first) and took about a five mile hike up under the railroad bridge and around the golf course. We picked a bad day as it was cold and windy with a little snow in the air but we had our warm clothes on so it wasn't too bad.
Wednesday morning I went bowling with my new bowling ball! It is heavier than the one I am used to but I think after a few more times it will seem like "Mine". My average is 92 and in the three games I got a 82, 126, and 78 so I still stayed around my average.
Gerry went to the eye doctor on Wednesday morning to have his eyes checked and see about the contacts. They will be ready for him next Wednesday. He is getting the soft kind. Then Wednesday afternoon Joe took us down to Bend because we are getting the truck fixed. It needs new points. Joe lives across the street and is the one we left in charge of the apartments while we were gone. We took him out to lunch at a chuck wagon place we knew he liked. It wasn't as good as the buffet we went to in Mesa but it did have two things that Mesa didn't: liver (which was good) & onions (which were too greasy) and soft serve ice cream machine that you could help yourself too. The Dr. said Gerry could go back to work as long as he took it easy and continued with his walking and exercises. Gerry said the Dr. was most interested in our train trip as he is thinking of taking his family on the train. Some other people we know from church have also decided to take the train to L.A. after talking to us.
I got a new permanent on Thursday. It is still real frizzy but will probably look better after it gets calmed down some.
Yesterday there was a salad potluck at the church sponsored by the UMW and the Mission Committee. Some former missionaries from New Hebrides gave a very interesting program and showed slides. They were agricultural workers in a rural area of the country and talked about introducing wheat and rice which hadn't been gown there before. Also talked about a flour that they made out of tapioca, taro (both of which are abundant there) and soybeans which they also introduced. Gerry went with me as it was open to anyone.
Also nice talking to you on the phone yesterday, Mother. Hope that you had a good trip to Chicago. It is raining here today so wonder how your weather is. Our love to you all.
Love,
Catherine, Gerry &
Wendy
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