October 30, 2008
October 19, 2008
A Good ol'e fashion Corvallis weekend
what a great weekend around OR! On Friday we went out with some friends to a super secret, chop your head off if you tell anyone, chantrelle spot and loaded up on the fleshy fungi of the NW. Saturday, was a house cleaning day (not too much fun but we did sleep in till noon, which is a rare thing and needs to be celebrated. That night we did go over to Will's to enjoy some homemade pear brandy and another concoction that although tasty, was about the sweetest drink I have ever had. Keith, ariel, Col, myself and Becca all headed over to Squirrels later to enjoy some pitchers (it is still just barely warm enough to make use of the outdoor patio there at night) and talk of sinful things.
Then today Rhiannon and her family hosted an apple pressing party in the orchard below the house at Beazell where we pressed about 15 gallons of lovely cider. There is a very, very old orchard with a single tree of each different variety and the apples are delicious and huge! Keith even showed up (I hope he made his flight) for a few hours. The potluck randomly had a bit of a middle eastern theme and was half desserts, which was fine by me! My goodness, I forgot to mention that Deverton even came down for the party! It was quite the collection of miscreants in the orchard for that afternoon. What a good bunch! It felt like 2003 seeing those faces all in one weekend!
It was grea
Then today Rhiannon and her family hosted an apple pressing party in the orchard below the house at Beazell where we pressed about 15 gallons of lovely cider. There is a very, very old orchard with a single tree of each different variety and the apples are delicious and huge! Keith even showed up (I hope he made his flight) for a few hours. The potluck randomly had a bit of a middle eastern theme and was half desserts, which was fine by me! My goodness, I forgot to mention that Deverton even came down for the party! It was quite the collection of miscreants in the orchard for that afternoon. What a good bunch! It felt like 2003 seeing those faces all in one weekend!
It was grea
October 13, 2008
More gear for the garage
Colleen, as you know, really doesn't like climbing. And I as you may or may not know, don't like running. Nor does Col like biking down mountains crazy fast, as I do. For a while we have searched for something to do together that we could both enjoy immensely (if we aren't having immense amounts of fun, it just doesn't count). Last fall we found that sea kayaking was something we could both enjoy a lot. We tried another trip this fall, to really make sure that this kayaking thing is really for us, and guess what, it was still as great. So we splurged and bought two demo sea kayaks at end of year sales this year. They are awesome! So far we have only taken them out on the willamette and to the roll session at OSU (we were such outcasts with our huge boats!) . It is still so nice to be able to have toys for water now! Boats are the one thing that we have avoided up to now; dont know why, it just seemed like too much to have to move around I guess. I can not wait to take them out and explore!
October 07, 2008
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