I am so blessed!
Some of my best friends live all the way across the country from me where all of our lives should be completely different from each other. Yet they are not. We are right in sync with each other. And guess how we met? Why.....the www, of course! I became involved with women from all over the world, thru an online book club, and this group got to know each other so well that they started coming to our lakehouse to finally meet in person! One weekend, 28 gals came to visit and of those, only 4 of us had ever met face to face! It was CRAZY I tell ya!!!
Every single one of us got along and it was as if we'd known each other our whole lives!
And thru all of that, I met one super crazy girl.....like super duper crazy girl.....that was my soul sistah! We connected on so many levels and at times, I feel like she is the peanut butter to my jelly!
We met about 8 yrs ago for first time and since then, we have crossed the country from the PNW to the deep South many times as well as traveling together to different parts of the world!
I know, for a fact, that no matter what happens in my world, or in hers, we will always be there for each other. No matter what.
So, when our family traveled to Montana during the summer and I was only 2 states away from her in Washington (instead of the usual million) I knew I had to to her. When my group flew home, I rented a car and drove to her to spend a week with her family.
When I arrived, I was tired.....really tired, We'd had a great time in Montana but we did alot in a small amount of time. I was assured by my crazy friend that there was not one thing on the agenda for my visit. YAY!! That meant lots of rest and napping in the "Lady Cave" where I stay at her house!.(It's like a 5-star hotel....seriously)
On first morning, she had errands to do with her kids so I was given the green light to sleep, read and just basically do as I pleased. Ahhhhh! This was waiting for me when I woke up...
Mimosas with a strawberry already on the champagne glass, smoked WA salmon with all the fixings..,bagel, cream cheese, capers, cucumbers, tomatoes! I was in heaven with my room service. And where did I eat this?
sitting on her back porch soaking up the most amazing weather I'd felt in months....cool breezes, no humidity. Here it was mid july and it felt like our weather feels in October....
and watching things like this scamper across her back yard!
We spent time with ms. tricka, another www friend who introduced coollisa to me way back in 2007. She lives in WA right across the way from lisa.
We did lotsa this!
with her world famous veggie platter!
and ms lisa made an amazeballs greek salad one night...
a case of her nephew's (?) wine just so happened to be delivered this day, so.....
it was the perfect choice for our meal dining on her back patio!
YUM
The really fun thing for me during my visit was the fact that they were opening their 4th new restaurant that week.....and I got to watch how it all unfolds!
Surprise!
There really was a guy named “Zip.” Robert “Zip” Zuber built his first Zip’s Drive-in with the motto “Thrift and Swift” in Kennewick Washington in 1953, wisely figuring to serve the workers, scientists, and their families coming to the Tri-Cities to work in the new nuclear industry.
My friend and her husband expanded the Cheney Zips that his mom and dad had built and now own 4 different locations surrounding the Spokane area. There are hardly any more family owned, real, hard core, cooked to order hamburger joints around these days, Their place not only makes awesome food but they are really nice restaurants to go to - sit - and enjoy the food and the friendliness at all of their sites. Yet, still feel that "old time" feeling of days gone by.
and every kind of ice cream you can imagine
how bout having this many types of ice cream topping at your fingertips??
altho I do rather prefer getting my fix this way!!!
Opening day jitters for new employees....can you guess which one is the owner's daughter??!!!!
And even the head honcho gets into an apron to get his hands dirty on the first day of business!
It was such a fun time with my buddies.....they always make feel so welcomed when I crash with them!
Yes.....I say I am very blessed to have these friends in my life!
Thanks Turks!!!!!
