Vroom Droom Adventures

After three nights here, basically I feel like I am waking up each morning in a fairy tale. How in the world did we end up with such an amazing place to "house" sit? We are slowly getting to know our host and learn what we will be responsible for during the 7 months stay.  Chateau Dumas from our window We have been making friends with Vinnie, nicknamed VinVin, who is the beautiful Tonkinese chateau cat; he even deigned to spend one night in a chair over in the carriage house with us.        The big news is that today my father and Tessa are heading to London for a few days. From there, Tessa will be flying to visit family and friends in The Netherlands, and Richard will be coming to stay with us in France for three weeks! I am very excited to see Dad and hope upon hope that their travels are smooth and safe. Evening view out one of the upstairs windows in the carriage house...  Looking back up at the chateau from below when running "around" the block!

It was a whirlwind summer!  We were fortunate to see many friends and family. We learned that 5 weeks in the PNW was definitely not enough time for all the visits we would have liked to make, having some fun outings and taking care of necessary maintenance on the Adams house in Bellingham. That said, thanks to the goodness of many friends and family, we were able to catch up in person with a lot of folks. Cousins picnic half way between Bellingham and Bellevue View from Mount Baker south side Park Butte Lookout hike   August 15 came all too quickly and we returned to the Netherlands with Anika and Nina (Martin). Tessa stayed behind in Bellingham; with the responsibility of new renters moving in and to finish staining the back porch. Vroom Family news: Visit to Lopez/Orcas Island     Martin is now Nina. She came out as transgender female a few months ago. She has been working up the courage for years to share openly about her gender identity. She was very brave and ready to s