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I’m a little slow in getting this up, but here are some photos from our trip to Oregon two weeks ago…

We headed down straight south from Kelowna with our truck (mostly empty with a very large blanketed area we called “Maggie’s Palace” in the back,) towing our new-to-us 30 year old 17′ RV trailer, Gordon. (It’s a Bigfoot – get it?  Gordon Bigfoot?!?)

Our mission was to get away, relax together, recuperate from Hamish’s passing, and, drink a lot of Pinot Noir! The pinot was actually the original purpose to the trip… so we drove down through Washington with a brief stop in Yakima, Washington, (merlot etc, not PN) to check out a few choice vineyards, and then spent 5 days in the lovely Willamette Valley, Oregon (PN all the way…). 

The first few nights we stayed in Silver Falls Park, with lots of nice hiking and peaceful, quiet forests.  The last 3 days we stayed closer to the action and spend the hot sunny days floating from vineyard to vineyard, with stops in antique shops, parks and cafes along the way. We spent one morning at the aviation museum, where Jrock had the best time.  It took two days to get there and two days to get back, but I highly recommend this little area in Oregon as a family vacation – just lovely.

We came back with ‘somewhat’ healed hearts, a renewed appreciation for Maggie’s sweet little spirit, and 15 bottles of wine.

Enjoy the pictures!
(If you click on a picture, it will make it bigger… then just click on the small picture below/right of the big one to move you to the next one, and so forth…)