Thanksgiving, Yay!Thanksgiving hasn't been my favorite holiday in a long while. I find it to be one of the most stressful holidays. I tend not to do well with a big Thanksgiving with many people, especially people I don't know very well. The last few Turkey Days have been awkward and/or stressful. This Thanksgiving we … Continue reading Turkey Day – Gobble Gobble Gobble
We were feeling pretty good, I think. The weather was supposed to be cold, but not rainy. I'll be honest, I've lived in Oregon for five and a half years now, I don't own rain gear. I have an umbrella that is somewhere in my car because I never use it. I have no water … Continue reading Exploring the Upper Salmonberry Railroad: Part 2
I love venturing out into nature and have been itching to do this "trail" for a long time. Life and rainy weather kept getting in the way. However, finally, we had a semi-sunny day at the beginning of November and we TOOK it! Finally, we went!Dean and Mel in the woods and not at all … Continue reading Exploring an Abandoned Railroad-Upper Salmonberry "Trail"
Don, eternal cowboy. This post is going to be extremely personal. Possibly even unpleasant at times.My father, Don, died back in June and my older sister, mother and I planned to take his ashes to Prescott, Arizona to have a small memorial for him in his favorite place on the Earth.There is a lot of … Continue reading Ashes to the Earth: Death in the Desert
A few weeks back we went to the Washington County Fair, y’all!DEAN:We had a really good time going to the State Fair a few years back, but for some reason we have never really investigated the County Fairs around here. We decided not to let it pass us by again this year, so we made plans … Continue reading Washington County Fair 2016!!
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