We have been pretty busy lately despite trying to lay low before our European adventure. We headed up to Portland for the weekend, last weekend. On Friday, we went to a Timbers game and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle. They have a very nice place right on the river which was very convenient. We also had a very nice visit with them. On Saturday we briefly caught up with Kas and Peter, then headed to Chris and Channa’s. We stayed with them, then headed to the Bridge pedal Sunday morning. The bridge pedal is a 35 mile bike ride where you get to ride over 11 bridges in Portland. It was very crowded, but fun for the most part. We made it over 10 but skipped the most popular one because it was so crowded. This picture was from the first and southern most bridge.
This next picture was from the Fremont bridge which is normally closed to bicycles. Aunt Sharon and Uncle Jim’s condo is just above Emily’s left ear.
Mid-week last we had a plumbing problem and an abscess show up on Oval about the same time. A few hours of work got the plumbing problem fixed and a couple of trips to the vet took care of the abscess.
On Thursday night, we bottled our second beer, Mok’s Porter, named after our second favourite pub in Ireland. Hope it turns out good!
Emily headed to the coast on Friday and bought some Tuna, fresh off a fishing boat, at the dock. We BBQ’d some Friday night, made tacos Saturday, and canned the rest. Today we harvested some roma, cherry, and pear tomatoes. We dried the small ones and made sauce with the romas.
