Author: bretbosma

We headed over to Bend, OR this weekend for a relay race called the Bend Beer Chase.  Emily got us started at 6:20am.

First beers ~6:45

Despite the heat, fun was had by all, with plenty of cold beverages keeping us cool.

Lots of great views during the run.

Thanks to all the runners, friends, designated drivers, and volunteers for such an awesome weekend.  Special thanks to Emily for organizing everything and making it happen!  Our team, cascadia drinking alliance, got 51st out of 167 teams!

Went for a long weekend to Minneapolis to see the family there.  Had a great time and packed a lot into the weekend.  Went to a Minnesota Twins baseball game and although it was cold and they lost it was still a good time!

We got to pay our respects to Prince by going out to Paisley Park.  Quite a showing of people and tributes there.

We also went to the Bakken Museum which explores the mysteries of our electrical world.  They had a bunch of cool exhibits in a pretty cool building.  One of my favorites is this machine that essentially would shock you for a penny (now it is included with the price of admission).

Emily and I took an evening and walked around downtown Minneapolis for a bit.  Saw lots of interesting things along Hennepin Avenue and along the Mississippi river including this Bob Dylan mural and dam.

We also went bowling where my Mom beat me in the first game!

We got a couple of jogs in while we were there and we might have taken a break in the coolest playground I can remember with real chutes and ladders!

After a real fun weekend it was back to Oregon on Monday.  Mt. Hood was looking good on approach.

 

We have definitely settled back in to our Corvallis life after our European adventure.  Emily’s parents and sister came to visit but other than that I have been really busy at work and staying close to home.  Emily has taken a couple of short trips to see friends but mostly we have been homebodies.

We had a wonderful trip to Bandon Dunes with Emily’s folks.  I don’t have any pictures of the dunes but took some pictures of the coast on the way back and on a run while we were there.

I got a new camera and started playing around with taking some hummingbird pictures.

And Fitton Green

 

And finally, our friends Chris and Nikki left for Alaska this week. Best of luck you guys on your new adventure!

Our trip to Greece was amazing as Emily has already blogged.  Thanks to Jim and Debbie for being such great hosts.

Morpheus, our home for the week

The islands are dotted with these old grain windmills

View from our hotel on Ios

Typical city street on the islands

City on the island of Ios

View from the top of the previous picture

Beach on Ios

Cites on Santorini

Cave on Antiparos

Jim kiteboarding

The Acropolis

From our hotel

And did Emily mention the food.  It was fantastic!  Lots of fresh seafood eaten right on the water.