Yup, We're NUTS!!

About a month ago, John was driving around the area... (he has been on the mainland now for 18 years, and, driving without coming to an ocean is still a BIG novelty for him). Anyway, he "discovered" a housing development that he didn't know about. "The Pinnacle" is about two miles from where we are now - and, John fell in love with the view from those homes. He took me to see the "view" & I was in love as well. We would drive up on occasion & just drool over the view.

Last week, John's sister Kathy came to visit and to find a place to live; she & her family will be moving back to the mainland after a year in Hawaii, to take care of Mom and Dad. Kathy and her husband looked at a bunch of houses and didn't find anything they really liked. So, on a whim, John told them about his discovery. We took them to see "The Pinnacle" and completely unexpectedly, they bought a home in that neighborhood that same afternoon.

We thought about it and were excited at the possibility of being so near to Kathy & her family. We ALL were very emotional about it...the thought of being so near to family after Sue and the girls left their family in Pennsylvania & moved 2700 miles to Washington, combined with the passing of John & Kathy's parents last year, and Kathy's family returning to Washington. The heart rules the head, so what did we do?? We bought another home...completely unplanned, completely NUTS! Who ever knew that a new home could be an "impulse purchase"?

But now we are looking forward to being Kathy's neighbor in a couple of months - that really is the big attraction, the view is a nice bonus.

What exactly is this view???
Get yourself some napkins (just in case) and then click on the pics below:






It is still a bit hazy, but the treetop view is nearly endless, Mt. Rainier is right in our backyard, and, way off at the horizon are the Olympic mountains. A million dollar view that comes free with the house!