I am reading a fascinating book, In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden. It was originally published in 1969 but reissued by Loyola Press in 2005. It's the story of a woman in who enters a cloistered Benedictine community at the age of 42 after a successful life as a businesswoman in London. This fiction book rings true and this statement from the back cover sums up the book: "Rumer Godden penetrates the mysterious, inner heart of a religious community--a place of complexity and conflict, as well as joy and love." I'm not Roman Catholic and never have been, but I've always been fascinated by stories about nuns and convents. After I finish this long book (656 pages) I would like to read more of Rumer Godden's work. From the biographical introduction included in the book, her story is almost as interesting as her fiction.

It has been exactly six months since my heart valve replacement. I am feeling great except for a little minor chest discomfort, mostly at night. My weight loss has slowed down but I am still plugging away at it. I try to exercise each day and to watch what I eat.

We just got back from a one night RV trip to Champoeg State Park, which is located southwest of Wilsonville, OR, a little over an hour from home. The only downside to the trip was that Dave caught a cold and didn't feel well. Today we woke up to lots of rain. We are still learning about the new motorhome and getting it loaded with the stuff that (we think) we need. While Dave napped yesterday afternoon, I took a long walk around the park. Very nice!

Around 6:30 pm, Tim and Kiersten came to visit us at Champoeg and to see the new motorhome. We had a good visit with them and got caught up on their activities. They gave us a gift of a lilac candle for the motorhome. Thanks, guys. Love you!

It's dark and dreary and raining today. It looks like it will be an all day rain. It is making me sleepy!

This morning we were too efficient. We went back to the DMV after receiving the title to our new motorhome on Monday. But today we learned that Olympia is still doing its search on the VIN number in order to make sure that all is well and that it's not a stolen vehicle. That search will take three weeks or so and we have to wait until then to go back to DMV to get our Washington title.

After that errand, we went to the Vancouver VA Clinic so Dave could get his flu shot. I got my flu shot (for seasonal flu) two weeks ago at Kaiser. Neither place has the H1N1 flut shots available yet and I haven't decided whether or not I'm going to get that one. This morning I read in the paper that they are running out of the seasonal flu vaccine.

Our final errand was to Camping World. We went to the newest store which is located at Olinger RV, east on I-84. It's closer than the store in Wilsonville. We bought vent covers for our three vents, a side window visor for the driver's side, and some small stuff including an indoor-outdoor thermometer.

Tonight we caught up on the last three episodes of The Amazing Race. (Thank you, Tivo!) It's an interesting show and we enjoy seeing all the countries that the teams visit. In Dubai, they went from the desert to an indoor ski arena. Amazing!

I got some good information at the End Times theological conference on Saturday. Hopefully, I am now better prepared to defend the position of amillenialism.

This morning we took the Honda CRV to the dealer to get the body work repairs done. We'll be sharing a car for the next five days.

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 17, the Harwoods and I are going to attend a conference to be held at a church in Estacada, Oregon, which is about an hour south of here. The topic is "Awaiting Our Blessed Hope: A Biblical Look at the End Times." The speaker is Dr. Kim Riddlebarger, a pastor and host of the White Horse Inn talk show. The conference is sponsored by The Reformation Society of Oregon. From the conference flyer: "Dr. Riddlebarger will carefully untangle the confusion surrounding the Antichrist and the end times."

Today we went to the DMV to register the new motorhome. We had to pay a little more tax because (gasp) our sales tax in Washington is a little higher than where we bought the RV in California. We will have to go back to DMV when the title arrives in the mail in a few weeks. For now we have a two-month permit. Since we don't have a back window, the permit has to be displayed in the left side bedroom window.

I measured all the inside cabinets today and will look for containers to hold stuff. We have a lot of inside storage, but it's configured a bit differently than in our old Bounder 31W. I need to install rubber anti-slip matting so that the stuff doesn't move around while we are driving.