Sunday, September 30, 2012
We spent a wonderful week in Portland Oregon visiting with our goodfriends Bill & Shirley Boyce.
We spent a wonderful week in Portland Oregon visiting with our good friends Bill & Shirley Boyce. The Columbia Gorge a bit west of Portland is just unbelievably beautiful. We spent some great days visiting the Bonneville Dam, Multnomah Falls, Mt Hood, and the Taft beach area.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
We finally were able to visit the site of the Mount St.
We finally were able to visit the site of the Mount St. Helens eruption. What a wonderful experience! I can't believe what a wonderful job the USFS has done explaining both the scientific and human side of that tragic event. You'll be surprised about what you thought an eruption was, and what really did happen.
Monday, September 24, 2012
We spent about a week in Seattle.
We spent about a week in Seattle. We were able to stay in an Elks Club in Burien, a suburb of Seattle. It was only about 20 minutes from the downtown area and made everything very convenient. We visited Pikes Place public market the home of the first Starbucks! After that we took in the Chihuly Garden & Glass exhibition. We've never seen such glass work or the way he uses to create all kinds of new and different works of art. We met up with Heather & Sam for a great Salmon dinner. Heather's a great cook, and Sam is one of those guys that's not afraid of heights. He assembles those great big construction cranes they use for erecting buildings. We had a great evening catching up and really enjoyed their family. She put us on to a great spot for hiking called Poo Poo Point. Its also the local launch for Paragliders. We spent a great couple of hours watching them take off, searching for thermals to give them a long ride.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
We visited with John & Val de Beeld of Abottsford, BC for three days.
We visited with John & Val de Beeld of Abottsford, BC for three days. We met them in Mesa, Az a couple of years ago and have kept in touch ever since. The took us all over the area and we fell in love with Vancouver, BC. It was just such a sparkling clean, vibrant city with gorgeous habors, parks, etc. Wish we could have spent several weeks in the area and I'm sure we will one day.
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