Mom’s Visit

My Mom and Rich came to visit over the 4th of July weekend.  We had an action packed fun weekend.  To start off, we toured the college and went to a Corvallis Knights baseball game.   The game started at 7:15 and there was a fireworks show billed after the game and we came ready.  The game went into extra inning and we were still psyched!  Around the 14th inning we got weary, and left after the 15th inning around midnight!  It turns out the game lasted 17 innings and we heard the fireworks go off as we were going to sleep.  A little bummed we missed the end of the game but had a really good time anyway.

IMG_0730IMG_0731DSC_0002

We went to a pretty cool antique store in Albany and then went up to Portland to go to Powell’s books and to see Grandma Bosma and Aunt Sharon.  We had a very nice lunch at Grandma’s.  Thanks Grandma!

IMG_0741   IMG_0740

Next, we went to the coast and had a very nice day on the beach in Waldport, and got to see a bit of the coastline.  We stopped at the Devil’s Churn and also got to eat at our favorite seafood place on the coast, Luna Sea.

_20150710_132843   DSC_7868

DSC_7889 DSC_7902DSC_7913

It was a very nice visit and we all had a great time!

Italy

I went to southern Italy for the INORE symposium at the end of May. It was held at a hotel in the mountains just above Vico Equense with a pretty nice view of Mount Vesuvius best known for its burial of the Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79.

DSC_0226

The symposium was great.  Learned a lot and had fun too.  Fortunately, I got to take a few extra days to travel around the region after the symposium.  First stop was Sorrento.

DSC_0267

DSC_0268

DSC_0619

DSC_0305

DSC_0304

Then I took the bus down the Amalfi Coast passing through Positano.

DSC_0412

DSC_0589

And on to Amalfi

DSC_0487

DSC_0457

DSC_0492

Then I took the ferry back to Sorrento.

DSC_0510

And continued on to the island of Capri.

DSC_0649

DSC_0715

DSC_0747

DSC_0777

DSC_0789

DSC_0692

DSC_0705

DSC_0772

DSC_0801

Sunset timelapse from symposium hotel

Obligatory Oval pic…

DSC_0009

T&R come to visit

Tracy and Ramona came to visit and we had an awesome weekend of soccer, biking, hiking, yard games, and a little indulgence.

DSC_7829

We went for a hike in the Macdonald forest on Saturday and rode out there with oval in her bike trailer.

DSC_0038

We went for a hike at Cape Perpetua on Sunday.

DSC_7801

Before they got here we had been busy brewing beer, and doing some major backyard cleanup.

DSC_0017

DSC_0023

Good times were had by all and it was sad to see them go.

DSC_7828