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Summer Part 2 (July )

So I do work in July, but we still had lots of good summer fun.  

 Visitors 

First up, we had a lovely time with Amanda and Stephen! This was their first time visiting us in Oregon (missed out on a Pacific City visit) and their first time coming to our home! So that was fun. I've known these two since middle/high school, so it was fun having them stay at our place like we're all adults or something. But we had a great visit with a bike ride to Gabbiano's, a Gorge trip for waterfalls, fruits, lavender ice cream, and guessing all the flavors at Stave and Stone Winery. We got to meet up with Amanda's West Coast fam too for a Japanese garden day (after a big breakfast at the house, walk to Alberta St. shopping, and a lunch at the Paper Bridge). It was a full day by 3pm. 

 

 



My parents came up for a week at the end of July. Months ago, I had called Crater Lake Lodge just throwing out a long shot to try to get even just a night over the summer and they had one night open with a lake view, the day after dad's birthday. So I called them up and said, "hey you're coming to Oregon for Dad's birthday!" We fit in a lot of fun activities + good relaxing. This was their first time back to our house since the day we got our keys so that was special. We had a long day exploring the Gorge with  5 waterfalls (3 hikes), lunch in Hood River, and wine at Grateful Vineyard. The wine and cider choices were not our favorites but they actually brought some good laughs. They did have a phenomenal view of Mt. Hood with the vineyard and lavender all in front for a lovely walk. We even got in a boat ride on the Portland Spirit, seeing the city from the Willamette, learning all about our bridges. 

I thought we had two whole weeks with them though and turned out we only got ONE. Lost em to the Colorado fam, but hopefully next time I can convince them to stay liike a whole month. Or season. Or just move here. We need so much more time for just going to the cafe nearby or hanging at the house or going fabric shopping and quilting together. 




 

Seattle Bike Ride

Dylan and I went up to stay and bike with Kaila in Seattle. Our first day up, we walked all over their neighborhood and ate dinner with Chad, then did a ride around Magnolia Park seeing some fancy ass Seattle homes overlooking the water. So many cool water views here, just as we'd hoped for! We tried to watch Project Hail Mary when we got back but immediately fell asleep. The next day, we rode north east and started with some coffee at Tail Winds Cafe. From there we went through lots of lovely parks including the arboretum. Mont Blanc and Madison t were extra lovely with a farmer market that made me obsessed with boysenberry. No berry compares anymore. We had lunch on the patio of McGilvra's with more great water views with people swimming off the docks! Wish we'd remembered our dang swimsuits that were left in the car. Off we pedaled to go all the way to West Seattle to see the beaches. The water taxi was an extra treat after all that riding. 






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