Portland…family, friends, great food, great times

We arrived at the Portland Fairview RV Park after another rainy day. Tom (friends from the Excel forum) came right out to greet us…what a terrific welcome! On Monday we had a pot luck here in the park, on Tuesday we had a great happy hour at Tom and Donna’s followed by a late night of cards in the club house (I won!). This is inside Tom and Donna’s new Excel…what a kitchen!!

Wednesday, other than quick walks in the park between rain storms, we hung around the rig and asked Tom lots of questions. As an Excel owner for many years, Tom is our expert on Excels and we have been saving up a long list of questions for him.

Thursday we took the metro into Portland to visit with my sister Sandra. She is a great tour guide and we had a lovely time. Rode the train, the street car, and walked the streets while we visited the Lan Su Chinese  Garden http://www.lansugarden.org/home (an oasis of peace and beauty in the middle of the city), ate lunch at Jakes, roamed the 23rd avenue area of neat little shops, and had an awesome dessert at Papa Haydn’s…famous for their desserts. Check this out: http://www.papahaydn.com/dessert.php  We shared the strawberry rhubarb tort and the St Moritz chocolate cake…yum. When we got back home Tom brought us some excellent homemade chicken soup from Donna. What an excellent ending for the day!

Today the sun is shining!!! I think we will probably try to do some cleaning on the rig and truck and make a quick run to Walmart. I want some fresh greens for salads. No heavy foods today! But tomorrow is the Saturday market and I’m sure the foods will be awesome again!

Life on the road sure is grand, especially when the sun shines.

Its all about the friends, family and food!!!