http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Oregon , Forest Grove en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:56:18 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:56:18 BST It's been sometime since the deacon has been to many places I have been on a couple serious missions.The first mission was to return a guy I know to a location that would better suit his medical needs not a trip I chose to take but he had recently lost his wife and was not doing well. I returned him to his mothers so that he may regroup a straight forward trip from northern Oregon to central Ca http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/blog-317279.html As I sit here going through a bought of depression which I havenrsquot gotten but maybe four times in my life I look hard look toward the future and wonder what can make it right.So I begin by assessing what I have been throughOk small stuff first I tell myself what is it that makes me a survivor I have been shot stabbed lit on fire hit by both a car and a train and broke my neck all befo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/blog-269735.html Traveling has always given me a sense of adventure but as we all do I have been resting a bit and taking care of my elderly Mother whom I see is getting near the end of her adventure here and I wondered aloud mom have you ever been to someplace like St Thomas or any place like that she replied no. so I felt I owed her one for the times that she backed my play. so I decided under my breath that http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/blog-269029.html My curiosity was piqued by a small clip in a local newspaper last week. It stated that Forest Grove would be holding its 15th Annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival and anyone was welcome to come and participate. Since I had only passed through Forest Grove several years ago I decided this was a perfect Saturday afternoon activity that would introduce me to the town. The ambitious arrived at 9am a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/blog-20112.html