Nephew Jared's lovely wife Becky called about ten-thirty this morning saying that they had finished moving Jared's office downstairs and were ready to come help us take the carrier off of Toad II. We met them out at the Storage Place. I had written the code on the key when we were there last year, so no problem getting in this time. Right after we arrived, Becky called and said they had arrived as well.
They made quick work of taking the lawn chairs, rug and canopy out of the carrier, then Jared just slid the carrier right off and into the shed - oh, to be young and strong again! We cleared things out of the way in the back of the toad and Jared wheeled out the trike and put it into the shed as well.
We offered to take them all out to lunch, but Jared wanted to show us the building his firm had renovated. So Becky took the kids and went off to Carl's Jr to pick up hamburgers and chicken nugget "stars." While she was gone, we toured the beautifully restored building that used to house Spokane's street trolley cars. It has the original large doors where the cars entered and were turned around on a turntable. The building is right alongside the Spokane River with great views. They have preserved much of the old brick and hardware. You can see the care that was taken to ensure historical accuracy mixed with modern energy saving.
We sat outside on the very nice back patio (with its built-in barbecue) enjoying the sunshine and the lunch Becky had brought back. Jared and Becky's little girl will be starting kindergarten next fall. She and her brother are very active bright children that are fun to watch. We see them just often enough to get a kick out of seeing how quickly they are growing up.
Our sunny day ended with the predicted thunderstorm late this afternoon. We had lightning and lots of thunder, then almost three hours of a steady downpour. It is still overcast as the sun goes down. We may see more rain before the night is over.
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