Oregon

We've seen a lot of the Oregon coast this week. Even though it's been raining cats and dogs most of the time. Poor Erv has driven in the rain all but two days ( today included.) We are now in Portland where it is finally dry and warm, but not for long. They expect one inch of rain in the next three days. Oh well we won't melt.

We visited with Erv's cousin Mickie in Florence for a couple of days. She's your dad's Aunt Sarah's oldest. She looks so much like Mary Ann. She has a big back yard and tons of Rhodys. The Rhodys are blooming like crazy now. I guess that's because they get so much winter rain here. Mickie said she's going to try to come south to Santee sometime when we're at home.

We went to the mouth of the Rogue River to watch the jet boats and heard the sea lions yelping, so we took their picture. There seemed to be 12 or 15 all on the pier all trying to get the best spot. It reminded me of the kinders jostling to get first in line at the drinking fountain.

We're having fun just wandering around making our way to Soap Lake, Wash. I'll try to write more then

Love, Mom

The adventure begins

We're on the road. We left May 10 and have gotten as far as Arcada, CA. We've just been slowly making our way to Soap Lake, WA to meet our tour group. We stopped in Stockton and met up with JoAnn and Matt for dinner. They've sold their fifth-wheel and are now traveling space-available on military jets. They just got back from Spain. Sounds like fun.

We spent three days in the Sonoma Valley. We went wine tasting, but didn't buy anything because we could only take two bottles into Canada. Maybe next time through. Yesterday we went over to the coast to Bodaga Bay for lunch. It was foggy for a while, but the sun came through to see the bay itself. We ate lunch at The Tides; they have the best clam chowder I've ever tasted. We also ate dinner the night before at Johnny Garlics. It's one of Guy Feiri's resturants. The food was very good but spicy. Yum

The whole way up here from the valley it rained on us. We got very little rain last year, and this year we've gotten more in ten days than the total in the four months last time. I haven't taken any pictures yet ( nothing new), but probably next week. Maybe.......