Sounds like you've found a great neighborhood, Mary! And a walk two miles to McDonalds is good exercise. Chehalis and Centralia were a couple of wide spots in the road for most of their existence, but it looks like quite a lot of growth has happened in both of them. And it looks like with only a couple of freeway exits that the frontage roads do most of the heavy lifting for local traffic alongside and under I-5. That should actually make it easier and safer commuting around town.

The only time I spent time in Centralia was when I worked for the Forest Service in Seattle and was detailed to work at a fire in the Twisp area. They flew us there in back in little unpressurized Forest Service planes, and I fell asleep on the flight back, not doing anything about my ears. When we landed it was like there was a wooden spoon handle stuffed in my ear and it was a couple of more hours before a big yawn in the shower that the pressure equalized and it sounded like I was standing in a waterfall. Worst earache ever.

It's a good thing my daughter's chickens love the big seeds in large cucumbers because there where three more this morning. How does this happen? Surely they don't grow that fast overnight? It's getting a bit thin on tomatoes out there but if I find some blooms I'm going to use the bloom setting spray and get a few more going for fall.

The allergy season is kicking in and the air quality is poor through tomorrow evening. No mowing until later in the week, and then I'll wear a mask.