My son-in-law, Travis Royce has loved the Pacific Northwest since he lived there as a young boy, and I can certainly understand why. The area is lush and beautiful and being near the coast and the proximity to the water is cool too. Of course, I think it is my daughter, Amy Royce that chose the area for their move, because she fell in love with it on a graduation trip to visit her Aunt Caryl Reed when she lived there. While Travis doesn’t love gardening, he does love yard work, especially mowing with his riding mower, and he “tolerates” Amy’s love of gardening and flowers, as long as he doesn’t have to do the garden maintenance, hahaha!! Travis does love his beautiful backyard, however, complete with its beautiful flowerbeds. He also loves creating, or helping to create, a peaceful place, and did so with their covered patio, fire pit area, and ponds to create the ambience necessary to make their backyard their happy place, and the happy place of many friends. Many nights their backyard will be filled with friends, a glowing fire burning, and Travis, their son Caalab, and often friends, playing their instruments to entertain the group watching.
Travis has a very cool job, in that he works for the tourism industry in the area. One of his duties is to restock 
all the tourism flyers around the area. The coolest part of that is filling the flyers on the ferry boats. In order to do that he has to ride the ferry boats. Now, I don’t know about you, but I love riding the ferry boats, and getting paid to do so, would be very cool. Sometimes, when Travis has to work on the weekend, Amy goes along, and they make a day of it. The actual work part of those trips isn’t terribly long, and then, they just get to enjoy the ride. I suppose those trips could become mundane, but somehow, I can’t see that happening to Travis. I think he has a bit of a wanderlust spirit, and while he wouldn’t necessarily like to travel constantly, he does enjoy a good outing. Still mostly, Travis likes to spend the evenings at home in the back yard.
He and Amy have a favorite getaway spot they like to go to. Ilwaco, Washington, for them, is a lot like Thermopolis, Wyoming is to Bob and me. A small town, with strangely not much to do, except to be out in and enjoy nature. They love to take walks along the beach and out to view the lighthouse. Really, Travis and Amy love living in a tranquil area, and they do their best to create that kind of a place to live their lives. I never 
expected Travis to like living in a country neighborhood, but he really does. Their place is what you might call, a little bit country and a little bit town, but it’s definitely a small town, even if it is near a larger city. They are close enough to Bellingham, Washington to have all the necessary amenities, and far enough away to stay free of the hustle and bustle most of the time. I’m so happy that they are so happy in their home. And I get the privilege of going to visit from time to time. It’s a win-win for all of us. Today is Travis’ birthday. Happy birthday Travis!! Have a great day!! We love you!!
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