June 30, 2012
Puyallup, Washington
As I mentioned earlier, I’d made plans to be in Puyallup to visit Geri’s great-nephew, Mike, and his family this past week. Our friends Wayne and Will had cautioned that the Puyallup Elks Lodge might not be open, but an advance inquiry suggested that it was still “alive”, so we headed there. From Salem, it was back on I-5 all the way to Lakewood, then east on WA-512 to Puyallup. We were soon parked at the Lodge, where the RV Park Host told us that the Lodge was coming out of a bad spell, with some new members and better finances. It’s a 30 Amp-only place, with parking on the grass, but there’s water and a dump on-site. We dumped before parking and I topped off the water tank; we did well during the week as we didn’t need to dump on the way out.
By the time we were settled in, it was getting late so we headed for the local Outback Steakhouse for dinner (OK but disappointing). As we were leaving the restaurant, Mike checked in after he got out of his night class at the local college, and we met up at a local brewpub (Mike’s a beer connoisseur) for a pint (or two).
Tuesday, we did some shopping during the day, trying to be careful to avoid having too much food on board because we’re headed to Canada next month. Mike told us about a local grocery store, Tacoma Boys, that has great produce. We found fresh Garlic Scapes there, and got some after having just seen them mentioned in a couple of the cooking magazines we get. More on these later. For dinner, we headed to Mike’s place for a Tri-tip dinner, which was great.
Mike’s boys, Brenden and Cameron, are big into baseball, so that was the theme for much of the week. I’d gotten tickets for Wednesday’s Mariners day game against the Oakland A’s, so that pretty much took care of the day. Thursday was a relaxation day and Friday we did some more shopping to carry us into next week. On Friday, we went out to dinner with Mike and Cameron (Brenden was at a function with his baseball All-Star team; we caught up with him later) at a local restaurant, Crockett’s Public House. Geri had Mussels and I had ribs; both were good.
The weather during the week peaked on Wednesday for the baseball game (roof open in Seattle!) then went down hill from there. Today, we had lots of showers, but still managed to get to one of Brenden’s All-Star scrimmages. Since the game was up in Redmond, we decided to stop at the Ikea in Renton on the way. Apparently, so did half the people in Seattle; the place was mobbed. But, we got to see Brenden play, and traffic had died down by the time we were headed back to Puyallup. Since Mike and the Boys had another Mariners game scheduled, we got some advice on a good Pizza joint (The Rock Wood Fired Pizza) and had another “night out”. Since tomorrow’s another travel day, we did our usual evening preparations and chilled out tonight.
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