More Dancers

We escaped the possible rain today, though we did have overcast and windy conditions. The butterflies feeding on the purple blossoms outside our window really had to work hard today to stay in place.

This afternoon Darryl had ten squares of dancers. The population of the Valley is way up since the holidays are past. A couple we danced with this summer at Romney's June Fling and again at AACE in Milwaukee are here for a month. Their names are Ken and Steph. They're going to pretty much all the advanced and C-1 dances they can find, since they have to pack in lots of dancing in their month. They're staying at the Drury Inn, since they don't have an RV. I had an interesting conversation with Ken. He's pursuing an item on his bucket list: taking music theory courses and getting back into piano playing.


Chris is in Phoenix this week, so I sent him my cousin Jan's phone number. They got together for dinner tonight. Jan mentioned that one of George's kids lives in Portland, along with their grandchildren, and she has grandchildren in Washington State too. Chris is suggesting that we might try to coordinate a visit while we're in Portland this July.

G.W. and David are proposing a trip to Costa Rica--getting a group together to charter a tour of the country. They went on a tour a few years ago and were really impressed by the rain forest. It might be tough to coordinate a trip to Costa Rica with a trip to see Terri and visit Australia, also planned for 2013.