So today I looked back in my collection of stories and will post this memory of a trip to Portland, a few years ago.
Fun Fun Fun
Last weekend I had a chance to catch a ride to Portland & spend the weekend with my daughter Bobi and granddaughter Cienna. We, Pam and Becky Frolander and myself, left Wallowa County early Friday morning, they were going to visit with family and friends in the Willamette Valley. It was an enjoyable trip with us talking and laughing all the way. We arrived in Portland around 2:00 and met Bobi & Cienna at the Phoenix Inn where the three of us were going to have a girls weekend.
Bobi had asked if I wanted to do anything special & I said no just hang out with my favorite girls and do what they usually did. So from the motel we went to their house and put dinner in the oven so it would be ready when Stan (husband and dad) got home from work & we got home from Cienna’s violin lesson. The violin lesson was very entertaining but rather exhausting for me as I found myself trying to help them hit the right notes using body language, similar to watching a kids wrestling match. Cienna’s violin teacher has soooo much patience and has been a music teacher for years. Lesson over and back to their house for dinner. A shepards pie is ready to come out of the oven so along with hot bread and a salad we have a wonderful dinner. Then it’s back to the motel where we grab a warm cookie as we go through the lobby, take a quick swim in the pool and back up to our room. Bobi and I have a glass of wine, read cookbooks & Cienna puts together a puzzle that I got for 25 cents at soroptimists. The next morning we are up, showered, have complementary breakfast and go to Ciennas archery class. That is pretty boring compared to the violin lesson. Next on the agenda is a matinee and Cienna has invited a friend to go with her. For the next two hours we munch on Popcorn, candy bars & soft drinks and watch Kung Foo Panda. It is rather entertaining. Next we go to a book sale at the local library and leave there with a big box of books, more cook books, kids books and also some books for Christmas gifts. Now back to Bobi’s house to put the finishing touches on the stir fry that we are having for dinner. After dinner Cienna practices her violin and we head back to the motel for a swim & hot tub before an early night to bed because we have to be at the Tigard Farmers Market at 7:00 in the morning. Bobi is the assistant manager of the market so has to help with set up and make sure all the vendors have a spot and they are ready to open by 9:00. Cienna has some jobs that she does each week so I help her and just watch all of the preparation. They have about 50 booths, everything from flower bouquets, breads and pastrys and crafts, to every kind of fruit and vegetable that is now in season. It is very cold and we have to keep moving to stay warm. Market opens at 9:00 and the people began to stream by with bags and carts as they make their purchases. Market closes at 2:00 and we are home by 3:00 and I take everyone out for burgers and beer at the Macminimam’s pub. Next morning we walk Cienna to the bus stop and Bobi and I go to Washington Square where we meet Becky and Pam, have lunch and we are on our way home by 1:00.
Have a Happy Farther's day to all fathers...~OWAV:)
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