Yesterday we made a day trip up to Bellingham to meet with the old and new tenants at our rental house. It was a busy afternoon full of cleaning, touch up painting, and sorting out assorted problems that came up. By about 7:30 we finished up at the rental and it was time to visit two of our favorite eating spots, Wingdome and Mallard Ice Cream. After that we headed over to Ray and Betty’s house so they could meet Avery. And finally we stopped by Jen and Ollie’s to catch up with them for a few minutes.
So why did we move away from such a beautiful place?

Ray + Betty saying “Hi” to Avery.

Checking out Ray’s beard.

For those of you who don’t know Ray, he’s an incredibly cool older guy with the spirit of someone a quarter his age. He’s also the man responsible for creating the 76 Ball, among many other familar American icons.