Here's a summary of our latest travels. We left the coast for three weeks to enjoy the Portland area visiting friends and enjoying this hip city. I felt like I fit right in. I'll be returning soon! Here we are while I was on vacation in August, enjoying some hiking through Forest Park, one of the largest city parks ever! Here's the Wildwood trail in Forest Park with sun spilt lighting on the forest floor. What a glorious forest! I really enjoyed the Alberta area in Portland. The dog and I enjoyed the annual Alberta artist's street fair and a few nice eateries (oh the eateries of Portland....don't get me started) at Fuel with my new friend Nikki and then during the street bazaar I enjoyed a $10 buffet at Enzo's Cafe. The street art above was so much fun to see while on one of our morning neighborhood walks. I didn't eat here, but, I will one of these days. I love how these Portland restaurant owners could just work out of a camper or an RV. Sweet! My kind of folks! Then it was back to the Oregon coast where we are now. Check out these gorgeous days we've been having here! Of course, as I'm writing this now, it's raining. But, it's not rained in a few weeks, so, we're due for some rain! Rochelle loves sniffing and crunching down on muscles....dead or alive. Funny pooch! I only wanted her to sniff this one as it was a photo prop. I was mesmerized by its iridescense..... Of which I tried to capture here. I needed more sun to capture it the way I wanted, as it was an overcast day. Here's my Rochelle as she skips out of the way of a few little crashing waves. My baby is a bit shy of water, but, she's growing more fond of water and is even becoming fond of it during these long beach walks. Here's a rather remarkable picture as she's bravely traversing a pool up to her knees. Notice the ghost-like fella in the upper left. I think that was the same young man that greeted us while he skimmed for pool critters. We've been walking about two miles a day back and forth to these tide pools. Low tide is our favorite, when I can catch it during my busy teaching & teaching prep schedule. Our Friday, late morning, August 29th walk view as soon as we got down to the beach. By the end of our August 29 hike, the sky was turning overcast and misty. We were fortunate to enjoy a pleasant, sunny beach walk this Labor Day weekend with more opportunities coming! It's better at the beach!
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9/2/2014 02:59:16 pm
Yay! An update at last! I'm off to Arizona to give some support to Lesa.
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Gloria
9/3/2014 02:12:42 am
I'm hoping to start making my way south by October. We'll see. I really love the northwest too and the winters, I hear, are mild up here. All the best and good luck with your journey south!
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