We traveled south out of Seattle through some scattered showers to turn west at Kelso and head out paralleling the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Columbia River. Weboth needed to get out of the city and get some air. Dennis's apartment is nice, but we needed rural, country setting to relax. Next Monday the radiologists begin his treatments, which begin in earnest for two weeks Tuesday. He will be done the 7th of June and then fly home before turning around and going to Heather's graduation.
Results of the MRI on Thursday indicated little had changes in the size or nature of the lesions they found in the old location of the brain tumor 23 months ago. We both think this is good news. Tomorrow afternoon we go to an integrative health institute in Renton before going back to his radiation doctors at Virginia Mason. At this point we still do not know what type of treatment they are putting him through, just that he will have it daily for four days this week, four days the following week-they do not work the holiday-and then daily for two days the last week.
Today it is Sunday -and we are staying in a nice little cottage in Seaview, Washington. After racing to the closing hour of the Cape Dissapointment Lighthouse Interpretive Center yesterday-run by Washington State Parks and attached to an old WWII battery-see photo-and it had the BEST view of the Pacific I have seen since working at Point Reyes Lighthouse- today planning a lazy day of beaches and visiting museums before returning tomorrow.
Our trip yesterday was awesome- our first stop was groceries-then a little picnic in a park in Olympia-then a nice drive west along Route 4 paralleling the Columbia River-then we stopped at the closed but peaceful refuge for Columbian White Tailed Deer and watched the slough and the birds for while. We stopped at a covered bridge that was built in 1905-06by a private family-that is still standing and a community association manages it-very cool picture of Dennis at the exit. Then back on the road crossing the Gray's River we happened upon about 20 Roosevelt Elk along side as the road-they were wild and feeding in a pasture by the side of the road-it was cool!! Then onwards to where the Columbia opens out to the "Nitch" where Lewis and Clark, in view of their Pacific dream, pulled their boat into the rocks and logs to wait out a storm for five days. Finally, through Ilarco and past a closing arts and crafts show to the head and the Interpretive Center. On our way north to the Longview Beaches we found the Enchanted hostelry we stayed at for the weekend. It's cool, quiet, and we had a great repast at the 42nd Street Cafe across the street-best fried green tomatoes we have ever had.... so we are off to new adventures today-including an internationally recognized kite museum, and of course (for Faith) a quilt store. Love and cheers, Faith and Dennis
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