Awake: 6:10am Temp 77 sleep 5+00 cloudy….then sunny
overnight @ Portland, OR.
After breakfast we drive downtown, park our Suzuki @ 26th Street & Raleigh
near Wallace Park & start hiking Cornell Road to the Wildwood trail
leading up to the Pittock Mansion. On Cornell Road, there were 2 tunnels,
the 1st was completed in 1940, the 2nd 1941 & they were both built with an
alternate bike route so one could avoid using the tunnel.
The overcast sky has been keeping the temp down & that was good. @ the
Mansion, we admire the manicured grounds, flowers & the commanding view of
Portland, with it’s suburbs & distant mountains. During the early 70’s
when we lived in Vancouver, we toured this mansion thoroughly so we didn’t
need to repeat the process.
We take a different return route to our car so as to appreciate the varied
architecture of the beautiful homes built on the West Hills. In fact, our
route was: starting on Beulah Vista, left on Macleary, right on Albemarle,
right on Roanoke, left on Mayweed, right on Melinda, left on Marlboro,
right on Westover to Doner, then follow 25th Street to Wallace Park where
we have our Suzuki parked. It was a good 2 hr hike.
We both shower using the campground facilities; then attend 5:00pm Mass @
Our Lady of Lourdes church with Rochelle, Monica & Maggie. It was very hot
inside the church (no air cond.): Monica frequently fanned herself and
Kathy with a church envelop but both she & Maggie handled the heat pretty
well.
We have been invited to join in the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School’s
50th anniversary celebration tonight. This is excellent because now we
will have the opportunity to visit with Shirley’s oldest son, Glen, his
wife, Lynn, & their children, Rachel, Andrew & Jonathan from the state of
Indiana; Shirley’s youngest son, Darren, his wife, Leslie, & their
children, Josh & Meredith from Salem, Oregon; plus Rochelle & Dean & our
young buddies Monica, Maggie & Donovan & of course, Shirley & John. It was
a nice reunion for Shirley’s family & chances are they will be seeing some
of their classmates tonight who also attended O.L.O L. Catholic School.
The food was good, the music was great…but a little loud & the company was
fantastic. I finally did spend a little time with Dean who has been
absent, working each time we visited his family. I have to mention one
rather personal exciting moment for me @ this celebration: while I was
eating my dinner, Donovan walked over, tapped on my knee to get my
attention, said nothing but raised his eyebrows twice, smiled, turned &
walked off. I loved it!
And yes, this was outdoors with covered eating areas with water vapor mist
lines which helped a little in keeping the crowd less hot. K & I say our
goodbyes for now & hope to meet up with all of them again….maybe next yr.
High temp=high 90’s Lights out: 11:08pm
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