DC to Portland

We made it to Dulles Airport completely without incident.  I'm actually feeling pretty confident that I packed everything I required for the trip, including my materials for the IAGSDC delegates meeting, my laptop, camera & cables and so on.  Usually, I spend the last two hours before departure fretting about things I may have forgotten to pack, but that didn't happen this time.

( Boring & Exciting Details of our Flights )

It's nice to see Kent's family again.  His brother & sister-in-law moved to the Portland area a year ago so we hadn't seen their new place.  His parents winter in Florida so we haven't seen them since they departed Maryland last October.  His sister & brother-in-law live in Cincinnatti... I can't recall when precisely we saw them last, but it was a long time back.

But most of all, I'm looking forward to seeing our Seattle hubbies, rlegtersand tdjohnsnagain.  It's been a month so I'm still in Ron & Troy withdrawal.  :-)

This morning, we're going out on the Wilamette River on a jet boat tour, then for ice cream. We'll decide on the rest of the day when the time comes.

DC to Portland

We made it to Dulles Airport completely without incident.  I'm actually feeling pretty confident that I packed everything I required for the trip, including my materials for the IAGSDC delegates meeting, my laptop, camera & cables and so on.  Usually, I spend the last two hours before departure fretting about things I may have forgotten to pack, but that didn't happen this time.

( Boring & Exciting Details of our Flights )

It's nice to see Kent's family again.  His brother & sister-in-law moved to the Portland area a year ago so we hadn't seen their new place.  His parents winter in Florida so we haven't seen them since they departed Maryland last October.  His sister & brother-in-law live in Cincinnatti... I can't recall when precisely we saw them last, but it was a long time back.

But most of all, I'm looking forward to seeing our Seattle hubbies, rlegtersand tdjohnsnagain.  It's been a month so I'm still in Ron & Troy withdrawal.  :-)

This morning, we're going out on the Wilamette River on a jet boat tour, then for ice cream. We'll decide on the rest of the day when the time comes.

Portland, Day #2

Jet boating on the Willamette River was a blast.  I have lots of photos including four movie clips.  I'll post those when we get home.

The rest of the day was equally leisurely... the eight of us (the parental out-laws, their three kids and spouses [myself included]) went out for a miniput golf game in the late afternoon.  I tend to get a little too competitive in games & sports so I was content to keep score while the others played.  Again, I have many photos and will share them later.

After a brief grocery shopping run, we returned to home.  Mark & Denise are returning to Ohio tomorrow morning, the parental out-laws Ralph & Zoe will be joining the rest of their Airstream caravan in Salem, OR, in the afternoon and Brad, Micki, kent4str and I will be hiking on Mt. St. Helens, esp. the lava tube hike.  If the volcano blows, please feel free to use our registrations at the IAGSDC convention next week.

Portland, Day #2

Jet boating on the Willamette River was a blast.  I have lots of photos including four movie clips.  I'll post those when we get home.

The rest of the day was equally leisurely... the eight of us (the parental out-laws, their three kids and spouses [myself included]) went out for a miniput golf game in the late afternoon.  I tend to get a little too competitive in games & sports so I was content to keep score while the others played.  Again, I have many photos and will share them later.

After a brief grocery shopping run, we returned to home.  Mark & Denise are returning to Ohio tomorrow morning, the parental out-laws Ralph & Zoe will be joining the rest of their Airstream caravan in Salem, OR, in the afternoon and Brad, Micki, kent4str and I will be hiking on Mt. St. Helens, esp. the lava tube hike.  If the volcano blows, please feel free to use our registrations at the IAGSDC convention next week.