Eating, Hiking, and Inbetween

-Slappy Cakes = creativity, lots of sugar and carbs, becoming slap happy.

-Jenny demonstrating how it's done.

-A blueberry, lemon curd pancake!

-What I think of when I think of northwestern forests.

-This tree was over 600 years old! World Forestry Center.

-In a safari jeep, looking for trees.

-Hawthorne Street from Mt. Tabor.

-Food carts everywhere in this city.

-Mt. Tabor

-Baghdad Theatre, Hawthorne Street.

-Rogue beer

-Saturday Market (on Sunday) and Jenny's tribute to Dave.

-And, of course, more eats. See "For the Love of Food" blog to the right for more!

Cheese, Ice Cream, and Oceanside

-We went to the Tillamook Cheese factory. Yes, those are big blocks of delicious cheese.

-Steve enjoying the cheese tasting area.

-Stony, Jodie, and Jenny admiring cheese curds.

-Behold, the power of cheese.

-It's a creamery...so ice cream was necessary as well.

-Then on to Oceanside to look for agates and see the Pacific.

-Steve running with the surf.

-Pushing the rocks into order.

-Jenny and I frolicking at the ocean.

-We think we found an agate...

-...but it was just a piece of sea glass. Still exciting!

-The outcropping we...



-...climbing through to get to the other side.

-Sea urchin!

-Mussels!

-And Sea Star! Oh my!

-Jodie and Jenny strick a pose.

-Hang gliders above the sea.


-We like the ocean.

-A little view on the way back.

The Zoo, Books, and Stuff

-I explored the Oregon Zoo, while Jenny worked. Some of the pics I took (too many overall, of course).

-The life cycle of a fish, in mosaic.

-Wonderful atmosphere, with the great firs.

-Awww...turtles.

-I watched these guys for probably a half hour.

-Polar Bear!

-Maybe he just was bored.

-Playful penguins.

-This little mongoose looked anxious and seemed to look right at me. I was taken.

-Zebra.

-Batty, batty, bat...the cave was great! I like them even more now.

-Lorikeet.

-Elephant's Delicatessen! Lovely food.

-In front of Powell's. I'm not going to lie, I was quite overwhelmed.

-Jenny amongst the stacks.

-Well, you could find it here!

-The city of roses...even on utility things.

-Chinatown Gate in Portland.