A Spectacular Fall Day

We have had an amazing start to the fall season. All this week the weather has been amazing - warm, sunny and not a hint of the normal rain we get this time of year. As I was on my own on Sunday, with Justine in Australia, I decided to go for a walk along the sea wall and take some pictures.

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A Quick Update and some Vancouver Pics

A quick post with some pictures I took before we left on vacation. Every year, Vancouver has a 3-day Celebration of Light fireworks show. Most years, there are some added features, and this year there was an aerial display. I got a few pics from the roof of our place as they went by.

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Our Last Day in Hood River - Road Riding the Fruit Loop and Some Breweries

Wednesday was our last full day in Hood River, as we had decided to make the drive home on Thursday. We wanted to get one more road ride in, and decided on our other usual route, the "Fruit Loop" We followed up our ride with some great food and relaxing in a few of the breweries down near the water in Hood River.

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Portland - Markets and the Whitecaps Game

The main reason we had come to Portland (besides the fact that we really like it there) was to attend the Whitecaps game against the Portland Timbers. This will have been 3 out of 4 years for me (we missed last year), and it’s always a good time. The game was a later start (8:00), so we had the whole day to explore. It ended up being a markets day, which was a lot of fun.

 

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