Happenings

On the weekend of the 16th we had 90+ degree weather. Graham and I joined Rita, Matt, Jake and Shawn (two of Matt’s brothers) on a camping trip near Estacada, to celebrate Matt’s 26^th Birthday. The campsite was about mile hike from the parking lot, so we had a bit of a workout getting there. We had perfect weather – it was way too hot to be in Portland but along the river it was great. Of course the very next weekend, Memorial Day weekend, we had cloudy, cool, “typical” Oregon weather. Graham’s parents came and visited for Sunday and stayed with us overnight on their way home from an Alaskan cruise. We had a lot of fun showing them around Portland. We went to Saturday Market, where Leslie gifted us a carnivorous plant - but only after checking that it would not eat any of our cats…We went up to Mt. Tabor so they could see our neighborhood a little more. And of course we ended the day with dinner and drinks at our house along with my Mom. Monday morning at the crack of dawn – I think Graham got up before 5:00am – we had a delicious eggs benedict breakfast made by Graham, and we drove his parents to the airport to say goodbye.