Rolinco Road Resort

It's been a very busy week here at the resort.  Guests started arriving on Tuesday and the last check out is scheduled for this coming Monday.  It took some careful scheduling by our event manager to make sure we weren't over booked!

Guests range from college friends who are now dropping their kiddo off for college, (Go Cougs!) travelers from the east coast, Paul and Jean (future family, which we may as well just leave off the future) and Warren, who spends summers in the inland Northwest and the rest of the year in NYC, and finally, Dennis and Marlis arrive today after spending some time investigating possible living arrangements in Eastern Washington.

We LOVE having house guests as each one brings a different perspective and personality to add to our collective attitude about life.  We are so lucky to have these influences and treasure each and every moment spent over a meal and wine one the porch.

Summer does mark the beginning of tourist season here at the RRR and the first day of summer did not disappoint.  It was a spectacular longest day of the year, and though the night was short, the Full Strawberry Moon did it's best to draw our attention to the night sky.  It could not be ignored!

This image was taken in the early morning hours of the following day.  The Full Strawberry Moon, unwilling to yield to the rising sun in the east.

Lest you think this a full service resort, most guests have to work for their supper.  This week Mary Ann helped pick one of the sweet cherry trees and oh my goodness did we get the cherries!  Baxter supervised our work effort.  There is still one tree to pick, and.....sigh.....Mary Ann has checked out of their room.

Rainier cherries waiting to be picked.

Baxter the supervisor.  It was a windy day so his ears were, at times, standing straight up!

Six boxes of cherries from our one little tree!

I canned 21 quarts, made two batches of sweet cherry jam and gave three boxes to Beth to deal with!

The purple cherry tree has yet to be picked.  Hoping for more house guests to arrive!!

As guests circulate in and out, I sneak in a little time to work in the yard and garden.  I have a cluster of lilies that is spectacular every year, and this year was no exception.  I decided to cut some and bring them inside to greet guests this week.

Lilies from the west side flower bed.  

We had a superb, though extremely short, visit with Paul and Jean and wedding plan files and notebooks were filled, lists made, plans discussed, questions and "what if's" asked and some answered, and more created.

There was some time, at the end of the day, for some front porch sittin' and the evening was spectacular.  Again, I over photograph the sunset, but readers always have the option of fast forward.

It was as little chilly on the west porch so we bundled up with jackets and porch quilts.

The color or the evening was striking.

Leo loves taking in the last rays of the sun perched on a fence post.

Baxter loves taking in the last rays of the sun on a lap and a porch quilt!

And now, the last of the color for the day.  Peace and quiet and a good night of rest to follow.