Sophia's next contract is with Trios Hospital in Kennewick, Washington because they were opening a new hospital and needed to staff both labs. Kennewick is one of three cities (Pasco and Richland are the other two)called the Tri-Cities. Located in the Yakima valley at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers, Kennewick lies on the western shore of the Columbia River. The city is a large community of around 75,000 people. We arrive in Kennewick in May, 2014 and the city is very reminiscent of Lubbock, Texas where I grew up. It is rather flat except for a few hills and of course the Columbia river which is nothing like Lubbock. In May it had started to get hot, especially after what we had seen in Portland.
Arriving in Kennewick we were put up in the Days Inn in one of their long term stay rooms until we could get more permanent accommodations. The room had only one cup, a couple of plates and virtually no silverware or cooking utensils. We called the desk for more utensils and dishes but were told that they had been taken and there was no more. We had not received our packages we had shipped from Oahu yet so we worked toward getting a new place. The problem was there were apartments available until June 6 in the Kennewick area. We told the company that this was not good as we did not have very good accommodations at the Days Inn. They then asked if we would like a two bedroom, two bath apartment instead. It was large, clean and close to the hospitals. We took it and they had the apartment stocked with furniture, dishes and cooking utensils. I pick up the packages we sent from Oahu and unpack. We have a lot of apartment for just the two of us, but it is a pleasure after our little place on North Shore. We were settled within a week of arriving.
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