Blogs from Oregon City, Oregon, United States, North America

Having worked all winter and spring we made plans for a trip with the Jag and an elaborate plan for grandkids trips. Note the plural! We had a great plan to include a trip with our 6-year old grandsons to the Oregon coast and 1 for the 10 and 9-year-old granddaughters to Yellowstone National Park. Our 12 and 10-year-old grandsons would be busy this summer with swimming and a visit to their mom’s so we would need to figure out another trip for them at a later date. We even had a little trip planned for our 4-year old grandson to San Francisco. Our plan was to drive to Northern California and pick up 1 grandson, Emilio, then drive to Oregon City and pick up the 2nd one, Fynn. We’d take them to a Safari Park ... read more

May 5-8, 2011 At Patty and Jerry Cooksey’s home in Beaver Creek, Oregon Visited with Evelyn as she is flat on her back after having broken her hip. She has to get stronger before hip replacement surgery can be performed. Had Rosie II serviced and washed of bugs and dirt, got hair cuts, did some shopping. Caught up on blog entry. It was a nice interim break between the Oregon Trail and our trip to Alaska. Everyone came over for Mother’s Day and we enjoyed visiting with adults who were children the last time we saw them in 1999. Here is a picture of some of the clan: Left to Right: Steven (David’s son), Travis (Patty and Jerry’s son) Michael (David’s son), Nancy Orick (Evelyn’s daughter), Scott Orick (Nancy's husband), Holly (Nancy and Scott’s daughter), Evelyn ... read more