Well, I guess it is official that fall is upon us - the first of many empty cattle trucks just rattled down the road on it's way to fill up. Time to wean the calves and get them off to market. Good thing its cooled down enough that we will have the windows open and won't hear the mama cows bawling for their babies the first couple of days.
We've gotten quite a bit of rain - 2 inches last weekend and probably another 2 this week. The mountains are starting to turn white again. We are hoping for a good wet winter to quench this dry land. It is pretty sad when the ground is so dry it is cracking everywhere. Even if you dig down 2 feet, it is still dry. The crab apple tree is bowing low with apples so the deer come in everynight to feast. A couple of days ago, 3 little racoons came by and spent the day in the tree - they would eat a while then relax in or on the big magpie nest in the tree. I thought they had gone, but I see they decided to leave a little evidence of their visit last night on the front porch - yuck!
Two weeks from today (and I'm for sure not ready) we'll be heading east to do our antelope hunting. My absolutely favorite time of the year, I think - at least as far as hunting goes. We tried the camping out thing last year and it was pretty miserable so J asked me the other night if I'd made reservations - I had presumed he was planning on camping again so I hadn't. As soon as he mentioned it though, I whipped out my wallet and grabbed the business card I have been carrying around for the past 2 years and made reservations for sure. It does make hunting nicer when you know at the end of the day you can get to a somewhat comfortable bed and even more importantly a shower.
hmm - course, we will be listening to those cattle trucks all night since it's fall - time to move the cattle and every cattle truck seems to go right through Broadus.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Was it real?
Wow - I cannot believe that it was last Monday I drove home from Portland or did I really even go there (good thing I have pictures cause it seems like a dream). About 900 miles, 13 1/2 hours to get home - in that time, I made 2 10 minute stops to fill up the tank and grab some more junk food. All I've done since I got home is sleep and work.
Really enjoyed visiting Alexshuman. The bathroom is still in progress but is a major improvement over the blue and purple. The house is coming along and I love the dark colors in the living room, dining room and entry way.
We spent the first day in Vancouver and went to see Wicked. It was fantastic - if any of you have an opportunity to go, I highly recommend that. Just be sure to get there a little early so you have time to get settled - we got there without too much time to spare so the lights went out before we got G'ma to her seat and it was a royal pain convincing her she could make it down the stairs. That evening, V took us to Jerusalem Cafe for dinner - the food was absolutely delicious. The lemon garlic chicken was so flavorful and tender - yummy.
When we got back to V's, I took Alex for a walk to the Dairy Queen for a small cone. After purchasing the cone, I led her around to the side where "she wouldn't make a mess when the constarted dripping". At least that's what my mind was thinking but what actually happened is in the first bite, she had all of the ice cream off down to the cone, second bit was halfway down the cone (only because I hadn't taken off the paper and wouldn't let her put as much in her mouth as she wanted to.)
On Friday, we went to IHOP for breakfast - the caramel banana french toast is delicious. Then headed south and east - stopped at Timberline Lodge - that is a really neat building. I didn't realize you could get so close to the top of Mount Hood.
Here's a picture of V & G'ma in front of one of the fireplaces in the lodge.
That evening, we spent the night at Hood River and went on the Hood River RR train ride. The sad thing was, you couldn't see a lot out of the train windows and it got dark fairly quickly (the train was probably moving about 10 miles an hour at the most. On the return trip, they did have a Mystery Theater and it had a few funny moments - part of the time I wasn't sure if the people were in character or had checked out of their roles to get other things (such as matches). It was hard to tell what was part of the play and what was a mistake - such as when the bounty hunter exclaimed, "I think I shot him in the wrong car".
The next morning, we drove back through Vancouver and on out west to the ocean. We stopped at Cannon beach and made G'ma hike down the path to the view point. The pointy rock in the background is Haystack Rock.
From there, we stopped at Seaside so I could get some taffy - I ate the last few pieces of the taffy Carter had gotten for Suzy when he went up there so felt I needed to buy some to send down to her. It took me quite a while to pick out what I wanted from the 170 flavors they have - I knew jalapeno was not going to be on my list. I think black widow is probably my favorite as it combines licorice with a cinnamon center.
After eating lunch we headed on north to Astoria to spend the night. Poor G'ma had been eating so much more than she was used to so she stayed at the hotel while we went to dinner. V ordered some steamer clams and they were good, the crab cakes were good also.
Our room was at the Cannery Pier right on the bay so we had a great view. Too bad we were all so tired to really enjoy it.
The next morning, we got up and went to this place called Pig and Pancake for breakfast. They had a whole bunch of different kinds of pancakes. We ate and then drove by a pier to see the sea lions sunning themselves. The piers were filled with them.
Then, we headed back into Portland to take G'ma to the Portland Rose Test Garden (excellent choice V). I couldn't believe the variety of roses.
We went from there back to V's so she could get some rest as she had to work that night. We decided to go eat an early dinner so us 3 girls and Dan went to a place to have sushi - well 2 of us ate sushi and the other 2 opted for cooked food. Yummy - dragon roll and caterpillar.
V went to work and the rest of us went to bed so we could get up dark and early the next morning to get G'ma to the airport. I know we wore her out but hopefully she had a good time too.
Really enjoyed visiting Alexshuman. The bathroom is still in progress but is a major improvement over the blue and purple. The house is coming along and I love the dark colors in the living room, dining room and entry way.
We spent the first day in Vancouver and went to see Wicked. It was fantastic - if any of you have an opportunity to go, I highly recommend that. Just be sure to get there a little early so you have time to get settled - we got there without too much time to spare so the lights went out before we got G'ma to her seat and it was a royal pain convincing her she could make it down the stairs. That evening, V took us to Jerusalem Cafe for dinner - the food was absolutely delicious. The lemon garlic chicken was so flavorful and tender - yummy.
When we got back to V's, I took Alex for a walk to the Dairy Queen for a small cone. After purchasing the cone, I led her around to the side where "she wouldn't make a mess when the constarted dripping". At least that's what my mind was thinking but what actually happened is in the first bite, she had all of the ice cream off down to the cone, second bit was halfway down the cone (only because I hadn't taken off the paper and wouldn't let her put as much in her mouth as she wanted to.)
On Friday, we went to IHOP for breakfast - the caramel banana french toast is delicious. Then headed south and east - stopped at Timberline Lodge - that is a really neat building. I didn't realize you could get so close to the top of Mount Hood.
Here's a picture of V & G'ma in front of one of the fireplaces in the lodge.
That evening, we spent the night at Hood River and went on the Hood River RR train ride. The sad thing was, you couldn't see a lot out of the train windows and it got dark fairly quickly (the train was probably moving about 10 miles an hour at the most. On the return trip, they did have a Mystery Theater and it had a few funny moments - part of the time I wasn't sure if the people were in character or had checked out of their roles to get other things (such as matches). It was hard to tell what was part of the play and what was a mistake - such as when the bounty hunter exclaimed, "I think I shot him in the wrong car".
The next morning, we drove back through Vancouver and on out west to the ocean. We stopped at Cannon beach and made G'ma hike down the path to the view point. The pointy rock in the background is Haystack Rock.
From there, we stopped at Seaside so I could get some taffy - I ate the last few pieces of the taffy Carter had gotten for Suzy when he went up there so felt I needed to buy some to send down to her. It took me quite a while to pick out what I wanted from the 170 flavors they have - I knew jalapeno was not going to be on my list. I think black widow is probably my favorite as it combines licorice with a cinnamon center.
After eating lunch we headed on north to Astoria to spend the night. Poor G'ma had been eating so much more than she was used to so she stayed at the hotel while we went to dinner. V ordered some steamer clams and they were good, the crab cakes were good also.
Our room was at the Cannery Pier right on the bay so we had a great view. Too bad we were all so tired to really enjoy it.
The next morning, we got up and went to this place called Pig and Pancake for breakfast. They had a whole bunch of different kinds of pancakes. We ate and then drove by a pier to see the sea lions sunning themselves. The piers were filled with them.
Then, we headed back into Portland to take G'ma to the Portland Rose Test Garden (excellent choice V). I couldn't believe the variety of roses.
We went from there back to V's so she could get some rest as she had to work that night. We decided to go eat an early dinner so us 3 girls and Dan went to a place to have sushi - well 2 of us ate sushi and the other 2 opted for cooked food. Yummy - dragon roll and caterpillar.
V went to work and the rest of us went to bed so we could get up dark and early the next morning to get G'ma to the airport. I know we wore her out but hopefully she had a good time too.
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