On Saturday, we joined up with Son-in-Law and his little boy (otherwise known as Oldest Grandson), and drove up to the Johnston’s Ridge Observatory 5 miles form Mount St Helen’s. it was a beautiful drive, especially through the miles (and I mean miles) of Weyerhauser forests. Hillside after hillside covered with Douglas fir or noble fir, each grove ( Read more... )

We're wandering around downtown Portland and we just DROVE BY POWELL'S BOOKS!!! There's nowhere to park. It's rush hour.
And we DROVE BY Powell's books. The horror...

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I know, I've been off the radar or something.  We are nicely ensconced in Tualatin,a suburb of Portland.  The campground here (http://www.rvparkofportland.com/) is surprisingly quiet, considering that it's set in the middle of town.  Go out to the road, and boom! traffic, malls, post offices and all that.  I think the park likes to cater to ( Read more... )

OK, I can understand why the really big fifth-wheel camper rigs might need two air conditioners.  But two satellites?  wuwt?

We’ve had a wonderful time in Eugene. On Thursday night, we went to hear Older Son’s new band, Beta Collide (www.betacollide.com) perform some of their new stuff as part of the Bach Festival going on here (the Bach Remix part). I’m not sure what anyone actually calls this genre of music, but it’s best appreciated by people who took more than one ( Read more... )

Didn't do a whole lot yesterday except go to a nice place for dinner:  Cafe Zenon (http://www.zenoncafe.com/)
We started with divine chive gougeres stuffed with smoked salmon pate and drizzled with horseradish cream and capers, and a plate of saganaki that proved that it can still be yummy even if the waiter doesn't set it on fire and yell "Opa!" 
I ( Read more... )

It's been a rather quiet couple of days, except for the housekeeping for the trailer, errands to run, and baby-squeezing ( Read more... )

When we got to our campground mid-afternoon, and my, is it pretty.  Our site is at the back of the grounds, surrounded by woods beyond the landscaping around our patio.  The patio is surrounded by roses, phlox, and a big-leaved plant that has blossoms like elderberry.  The entry to our driveway is planted with rhododendron and strawberries (with ( Read more... )

We struck out for Bend and stopped at the Newberry caldera (http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/newberrynvm/index.shtml), as we had the last time we were here. It’s just south of Bend; the park actually encompasses two vents of the old volcano. It really ( Read more... )

OK, so: How come we had to come here, to the densely land-locked Cascade Mountain foothills (Chemult, Or, to be exact) to get a truly awesome oyster stew?

(OK, OK, for those who know me: no I didn't order it, The Boy did.  I may not like oysters, but I can tell a fabulous oyster stew from one that's run-of-the-mill, and this was terrific!)

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