A Great week with Friends

Friday, Nov 28th,  Weed, Calif.  Turkey day is over.  Our weather in Goldendale was really cold.  It rained on Wed and was foggy for a few days.  Temp only in the 30's most days.  We slept in the house.  We had a great Thanksgiving with Scott, Doreen and the dogs.  Had fresh turkey, yams, Doreen's dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy.  I made us a pumpkin pie and green bean casserole. We watched Polar Express & Miracle on 34 Th Street while the guys tried out the new guns, John got.  We are headed home now and had a pretty good drive today.  The dogs are tired from playing with the big dogs at Scott's and glad to have their beds back.  All of Scott's dogs loved Buddy and Max's beds. They were in them through out the few days we were there.  We finished up our pie and turkey leftovers tonight on the road. We will be traveling tomorrow and be home on Sunday.   

Portland, Cold and Rainy

    Sun, Nov 23rd  Portland, Oregon   Well today is our last day before moving on.  We've had a good time visiting with the wedding party.  A lot of them came in from New Orleans, his good buddies-fireman of coarse, his parents and sister, her kids were ring bearer and junior bridesmaid.  Also his best friend and wife from New York were there.  So a lot of  people here from everywhere in US.  Sat it cleared up and was quite cool but dry.  The wedding took place in the Old Church =simple but nice.  Then we went for the reception at Oregon Science building's room.  Food, drinks, cake and DJ.  I guess the party ended around 2 but us old folks left around 10.  Today we had Lizzy & Leo for breakfast here at the motor home.  They are our good friends in LA"s kids.  We usually visit them while we are here and it was our turn to entertain.  John fixed his breakfast burritos and had a nice visit.  They are moving soon to Livermore, Ca., so will be a little closer to each other and their parents.  Tonight is our last visit with the wedding party=everybody leaves for home tomorrow, some left today.  We are meeting for dinner at a German restaurant called the Rheinlander.  We ate there with our kids and the bride, her brother and parents when the kids were just little.  Looking forward to it.  Anxious to be on the road=just a few hours down the road to Goldendale.  It has been quite cool here, only in the 50's today and windy.  

RAIN, RAIN, RAIN

Thursday, Nov 20th.  Here we are in Portland, Oregon at Janzen Beach Campground.  We did a 370 mile drive from Reno to Seven Feathers in Canyonville, Oregon yesterday.  We loved the ride through the trees  between Susanville and Shasta.  We woke last night to hear the RAIN.  We ate dinner in the casino and John beat me 2 games to 1 of Cribbage back at the motor home. We drove most of the day in rain showers, with many rainbows. As I"m writing this its raining again.  Sounds really good as us Californians don't get to hear it much.  Hope it does clear up for the wedding on Sat.  Off to meet our friends for dinner, at the Blue Moon Tavern and Bar. It is downtown Portland, I hope we can find a parking spot. JVP

On the road

We have left Southern California by way of the 15 freeway through San Bernadino because of the fires all around the LA basin, and took the 395 highway to Bishop. We had been camping with our group for our annual Thanksgiving feast at East Shore RV Park, which is located on a hill.  We had a great time of visiting since all of us haven't been together in a long while and of feasting on turkey, pumpkin and pecan pies and all the trimmings. Our entertainment  for our feast was the prop fire planes scooping in the water there at Puddingstone reservoir, scooping up the water and when they took off they were at our level of camp.  It was such a sight to see those planes working and took them about 10 minutes to drop their water and come back for more.  They did that till it got dark. 

 We are in Reno, on our way to Portland for a wedding.  The weather here is nice during the day and cold at night, in the 30's. Here are a few pic's of the campground and the planes.

Time is Short!

Today is Tuesday the 11Th of Nov. Ginny and I are off to bowling this morning. She is in a league and I bowl for the exercise. We are going camping with our group this weekend and then we will be off to the Northwest. We have a wedding in Portland, and are going to spend Thanksgiving with  our good friends in Goldendale Washington. We are so ready to be on the road. We will be gone for two weeks, not long enough but you take what you can get. We will be posting as much as we can. Here is a picture of our newest family members. One is Kourtney's (although Lori is holding him) and the other is Jamie's. they are so cute. We all love them. JP