Stu and I go do some errands

One night, after dinner, I knocked on Stu's door. "I am going out to do some errands. Would you like to come along?" Stu was coming up out of his Baccalounger in a second "You bet." He brought his walker.

All we did was go to the grocery store, the liquor store and a detour to see the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Even though he had spent most of his life in the state, he had stayed up in the foothills of the Cascades and this was all new to him. He loved it. I pointed out places of interest, historic sites and flowering trees and shrubs. He just took it all in.

"To be honest, having you along makes this 'an official trip'. " That was crap and Stu knew it. I liked having him along and it made the trip better. I was glad to have the company.

And he loved it. I plan on doing a lot more of this sort of thing as the days get longer this summer.