Tacoma Trip-Day ONE

The purpose of this trip was to watch the kids on Thursday night, because Austen and Tosha had to "volunteer" as security for a concert in Seattle as part of a fundraising group for an upcoming Base "Ball." I mentioned it in a prior post related to booking the tickets and how I couldn't make it work to stay through Tosha's birthday, but felt strongly I needed to be home Saturday night for some reason--ring any bells from prior posts.

So, I flew out on Wednesday morning--

An art display in the baggage claim in Seattle-
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Finally, after our several trips to Tacoma, we finally were able to arrange to visit Tina and Vic Berger who live up in Snohomish.  They were our good friends from down the street here in Syracuse.  They moved up to Washington in 2020 as Vic's job required him after years of working from home to now be within an hour of the main company offices--crazy in the middle of a pandemic year.

Tosha picked me up from the airport and we headed north to their home which was another 1 1/2 hours away from the airport (and about 2 1/2 hours from Tacoma where Tosha and family lives). We had the best visit with Tina, VIc and Jessica and her two daughters who are 10 and 8.  The kids basically swam in their above the ground pool from 2:30 to 8:30 pm except a quick break for dinner and some jumping on the trampoline.  It was fun to watch them play.

And the conversation was even better.  I loved reconnecting with Tina and even with Vic.  They have a beautiful piece of property up in the mountains and a house with a total wrap around deck.  They recently redid their kitchen and it was great to see their fun art work and the pieces of pottery that Tina has made.  It was all just a perfect afternoon and evening. 

Tina and I

I love that about people.  You can step right back into comfortable conversations and feel right at home even as time continues to pass us by.  We will do it again sometime.  It was good.

But somehow I left without pictures of Tina's amazing work!  She is an excellent potter.