Family Part II and III and the Fruit Loop
The Reeds were out to visit this past month -- Ben's parents, Bev and Larry, over Labor Day weekend, and Ben's brother, Joe, sister-in-law, Natalie, and their 1-year-old, Ezra, this past week. We were able to sightsee with Bev and Larry -- Pacific City, Tillamook Creamery, and Cannon Beach on day 1 and rose garden, downtown Portland and Columbia River Gorge on day 2 -- and always love getting to be tourists in our own state because it's just so darn beautiful.Joe, Natalie and Ezra explored on their own while Ben and I were at work, and also saw some wonderful sites. Ezra loved playing in the sand (and frigid water!) at Cannon Beach and they picked up some fresh blueberries at a local fruit stand on the way out to Mt. Hood. Being with them made us homesick -- last time we saw Ezra he was just four months old and now he's practically a little boy! He's just a joy to be around...very loving, happy and energetic. We can't wait for Christmas -- our next chance to be with everyone again.
Also wanted to mention that we toured the Hood River "Fruit Loop" yesterday -- a 35-mile loop of local orchards and fruit stands about an hour east of Portland. You may or may not know that I LOVE orchards, especially this time of year. While we didn't end up picking our own, we did come home with fresh apples, pears and apple cider. And we stopped for some fresh "pie in a cone" -- warm Gravenstein apple pie filling in a waffle cone with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. SO good!
Rasmussen Farms on the "Fruit Loop"
Pear trees are ready to be picked! We came home with several "Comice" pears, voted #1 at the stand we bought them from.
The seasons are definitely starting to change here -- you can see the leaves beginning to transition from green to red or gold, and we've traded in 90-degree weather for high-60s and 70s. Though it always makes us homesick, Ben and I love fall and can't wait for the season to come.
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