Yesterday we headed out to a different farm just north of Portland out on Suavie Island to pick some more fruit. Peaches are starting to come into season and we’d been told that yellow raspberries could be found so we thought we’d check it out. When we arrived at the farm there were a lot […]
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Picking Berries
One of the perks of living here in Oregon is having a large variety of “U Pick” farms to choose from. We didn’t take advantage of them last year, but this year we’re making up for it. There are several farms within 15 minutes of home that offer strawberries, marionberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and more. […]
Vancouver, BC
This past weekend we took a quick trip up to Vancouver, BC. Rotchana had been asking about going up to Canada and a long 3 day weekend provided the opportunity to finally take her up to Vancouver. We made arrangements to stay in a condo near downtown using Airbnb. It was the first time we’d […]
Silver Falls, Oregon
This past week on one of my days off I convinced the girls to go on a hike to see some waterfalls. Victoria’s always up for something new, but Rotchana takes some convincing when it comes to walking any kind of distance. Luckily, this time it didn’t take much coercing other than promising that she’d […]
Washington DC
A couple of weeks ago I spent 10 days in Richmond, Virgina for work. I had the weekend off while I was there so I decided to drive up to Washington DC for the day. I left early in the morning and drove to a Metro station south of The Mall area rather than try […]