So I’m chiming in with Susanne at Living to Tell the Story with my favorites from the past week!
My week started out with a 3 day road trip that included beautiful scenery, fabulous places to sleep, and lots of good food to eat! Next week I’ll have to tell you my favorite diet to take off all the pounds I’ve accumulated with joy.
So here’s my five in a nutshell…
1. Beautiful scenery and stops on our roadtrip.
2. Amazing food that I wouldn’t even try to duplicate.
3. A lovely hotel and fabulous Inn that we stayed in on our road trip.
4. Meeting up with a bloggy friend on our road trip.
5. The welcome home we received from our children and being with our children in our home in Washington.
And the most amazing thing that I’m still not used to is the fact that I get to stay home in my house in Washington.
I’m mowing the lawn today so if I don’t see you early I’ll be getting around to see your favorites after a good dose of Ibuprofen later in the day! Blessings on your weekend!
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
I am so looking forward to peeking into your world now that Washington is full time home….our girls are still hoping for a trip to Seattle and on up to Vancouver…..someday. So I will need to start making notes. Have a grand weekend!
What a wonderful week you have! I love reading about your road trip and the welcome home from your children (families are moving: an aunt and her family took a road trip last year leaving Seattle to settle in NC). Mow the lawn – how charming! It’s something I’ve never done yet.
What a great feeling – to know that you are home to stay.
Looks like you had some nice stops on your journey!
I’ll be beginning (again) the situation of living in 2 places by the end of next week.
Lovely week, Ellen! I am glad you had such a fun homecoming trip, from the very beginning.
Have a blessed weekend.
I’m interested in hearing about that diet.
The hotel and inn are absolutely charming! My son lived in Tacoma for a couple years. It’s so beautiful in that part of the country and, of course, I now wish I had taken advantage of it and gone to see him more!
So you’re saying that you took a trip to Heaven; wow, how wonderful!
I think mowing the lawn right now would be a favorite of MINE! I still see SNOW when I look out my window!
Sounds like you have just had a great week! Seeing new sites and meeting bloggy friends is a BLAST! I’m ALWAYS up for that!
What a great five, Ellen. Mowing the lawn? Wow, we are so far from that yet. That inn looks like an awesome place to stay.
Hurray for a safe, pretty, fun, yummy trip back up north!
What a great road trip…… home!
Your photo’s are always so good.
Happy Weekend.
You’re making me hungry!!! =D
Sounds like you had a fabulous trip. That hotel room looks amazing!
Hope you have a great weekend!
It is a wonderful feeling to know that you’re HOME! The road trip sounds like a true vacation.
Glad you had such a good roadtrip. The food looks amazing, by the way!
I agree with Pam, it will be interesting to get to know Washington as you share your FFF from there! Welcome Home!
You’ve had a full week.
So happy we could meet up.
Get that lawn mowed …! 🙂
Looks like you had a fabulous time! I love the pictures.
Wow – what fun at that B & B! You live in a world I know not of!
Have a wonderful weekend. I hope the lawn wasn’t too hard on you.
Looks like you had a wonderful week with some wonderful food and friends.
Enjoy being near your children, I know how special that is.
I’m enjoying your blog, and seeing all the sights of your road trip through your eyes. I live only 30 minutes from Pleasanton, and it is a lovely community…I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll have to browse through your blog to find about your home in Washington…sounds as though it will be interesting and happy!
Mary
What a wonderful sounding week! I’m glad that your travels were delightful, but also that you’re so content to be back home. Sometimes that’s hard to accomplish, but you’re doing it. Enjoy your weekend!
Marvelous FAVES and photos! I’m glad all went well with your trip and how fun to meet a fellow blogger along the way. My FAVES are at Small Reflections this week.
Hugs and blessings,
That hotel and Inn look so inviting! Love it when nice places to stay and eat are found on road trips.