Treks and Adventures
With the air filled with smoke from all the wildfires we went indoors for a cultural experience at the Oregon Historical Society. This was the first time for Lori to see the place and for me I always find something new in the rotating galleries. We had two hours on the parking meter so we had to move fast to get to all of the displays. Afterwards we went to Stepping Stone Café for lunch.
Lori and I did an outing to Washington to ride a couple of ferry boats and see a couple of wooden trolls. Our first troll was hosted in Lincoln Park with the ferry terminal net to it. We took the ferry over to Vashon Island to see Oscar the bird king our second troll to see.
I did an outing down to Salem with Lori and Jennette to visit the Willamette Heritage Center. I was very impressed by what we saw. There was for more to see and learn from then we had time for on this trip. For photography the place is a visual candyland. After our brief visit we went to For To Morrow We Die for lunch. Wonderful place for food, beer and a quirky atmosphere.
We still had an injured player on our team so we went for an easy outing this time. This time I was with Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and Marilyn. We started out at Hughes Water Garden, always a fun place to visit. They were in the process of getting setup for the summer season so they only had part of the inventory in yet but it was still fun to see what they had so far. They have lots of working water fountains going and several demonstration ponds.
Durham City Park was our next stop. This is the last Park on the Fanno Creek Trail route. From here the creek empties into the Tualatin River. We did a short 1.5 mile exploratory walk. We finished up with lunch at the Three Mermaids Public House.
We had one of our members with a minor injury so it ruled out walks or hikes this time so went for a cultural event. We started with with a brunch this time at the Cornell Farm Café and went on to a self guided tour of the Pittock Mansion.
