Awake: 6:18am Temp 56 sleep 6+20 sunny elevation 36 ft
overnight @ Portland, Oregon.
We meet with Shirley & John @ Our Lady of Lourdes church @ 8:00am to
attend Mass. Afterward we (4) eat breakfast @ the Peachtree Restaurant in
Vancouver, WA on hwy 99. We gab for 1.5 hrs & get somewhat caught up on
“what’s new?” Then K & I visit Rochelle & her (3) kids: Monica (our
Goddaughter), Maggie & Donavan. Rochelle’s husband Dean is working. We
haven’t seen this family since last June, 2005. Our (2) hr visit included
playing a game of “WhooNU” with Monica & Maggie, & later, showing Monica
how to construct paper airplanes, then flying them in the house & outside.
These kids are well mannered & fun to be with. We make plans to visit with
them again tomorrow. Back to our bus @ 12:50pm.
After our lunch, we drive downtown in the Northwest area & park our car on
Glisan. Leaving the Suzuki parked, we start hiking the Wildwood trail in
the West Hills. We also followed Fairview Blvd to enjoy the different
architecture of homes throughout our trek. (3) hrs & (2) cell phone calls
later that we couldn’t receive because of the trees, we returned to our
Suzuki. We both ran low on drinking water during our hike but quickly
found a watering hole @ the Blue Moon Restaurant & Bar on 21st street &
Glison. The Stout beer tasted like more but…..we ordered food instead:
Kathy’s cheese steak on French bread disappeared quickly even tho she felt
there was too much bread for the amount of meat & my (3) pieces of beer
battered halibut with tarter sauce + coleslaw went slowly @ 32 chews
before swallowing. Coincidently, Trader Joes is conveniently located ½
block away, so Kathy shops for those rare items that only T. J. has
available while I go & get the Suzuki. We are back to our bus by 8:30pm.
Hiking in the West Hills was great; we will try to do it again during our
visiting time here.
We call Zack in Seattle: He was working late @ Isilon. What a guy! But
then, he admitted that he started late this morning.
High temp=? Lights out: 10:51pm
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