Monthly Archives: August 2022

Country Roads

After a quiet morning we headed south for a wine tasting at Cristom Vineyards. We had a cheese tray with the last glass to tide us over till a late lunch. The tasting room was in the middle of the … Continue reading

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This Never Gets Old

We visited two wineries yesterday – Elk Cove and Kramer Vineyards. At the first we tasted wines while looking out over the vineyard. At the second we watched birds of prey riding the air currents while searching for their dinner. … Continue reading

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Wine Country

On Sunday we headed inland to the Willamette valley. To celebrate the amazing surroundings we had a meeting of The Other Champagne Club overlooking the vineyards. Then we headed up the hill to watch the sunset. The changing colours and … Continue reading

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Last Day

Not the last day of the trip – just the last day on the Oregon coast. We had lunch at a local brewery with amazing wood fired pizza. The beer was pretty good too. We walked along the beach in … Continue reading

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Going Rogue (in a good way)

What did you think I meant? We were just down the road from Newport so we had to visit Rogue Brewery where I had a Rogue Dead Guy ale. Yummy. But the highlight of the day, other than Rogue, was … Continue reading

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Oregon

We headed south from Seattle this morning driving along the old pacific coast highway. Along the way we stopped at Canon Beach with a perfect view of The Haystack. There were several interesting rock formations along the coast. Jan took … Continue reading

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Flowers

We don’t often travel in the summer because we prefer to stay home and enjoy the garden. (It’s so nice here in the summer – not so much in the winter…). But we made an exception this year and we … Continue reading

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