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I am not sure where the time has gone. My last blog was in May, I guess that is a good sign, time passes quickly when you are having fun. And I have been enjoying myself. The market is challenging in some respects, but definitely some great opportunities for buyers. Interest rates have come back into the mid fives, and we have some very nice properties available.

Since my last blog, the golf clubs have been well used, I had an opportunity to play at Wine Valley in early June, the new course just west of Walla Walla, it is a very interesting course that presents plenty of challenges. I was fortunate to play with a regular, and he probably saved me 10 strokes, telling me where to aim and such. They are a great bunch of people there, and are always running some kind of special, check out their web site, http://winevalleygolfclub.com/ if you are anywhere close or are thinking about making a trip to our area, this course is definitely a must play.

In mid June I played in the Realtor’s Golf for Food event at Veterans Memorial Course http://vetsgolf.com/  the format was a best ball scramble, I thought we might have a shot at 65, but we were a long way from the 61 that won it! Everyone had a great time, and the Walla Walla Realtors Association was able to present the Walla Walla Food Bank a check for $4,000, a success on all levels. I am always amazed at the number of families served by the food bank, and unfortunately those numbers are up this year, even though we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state, it just says a lot about the times. The next big push for the Realtors is the annual food drive in October; we are looking to surpass our 42,000lbs from last year!

Wheat harvest is just getting started, we are a week to ten days behind a normal start, but often that is a good sign, because often it translates into better crops. A couple of farmers I have spoken with had to stop cutting dry peas last week, because they were still too green, unusual….. Prices for peas are pretty good, unfortunately the same cannot be said about wheat, this has to be the most expensive crop of wheat ever planted in this Valley given what input costs were last year, but the cash price today is $5.09 Walla Walla, not very encouraging, let’s hope yields are up.

Have a great summer, and I will not be as remiss in getting my next blog out.

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