Scott Finneseth capping beer. (Click to enlarge.)
To read other posts about Bill’s, Jim Eaton’s and Scott Finneseth’s beer making adventures, click on the “beer making” category at this blog’s home page. For background information about Bill’s and my Oregon travels in July, click on the “travel” category. more…
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For background information about our Oregon trip, it would be helpful if you first read Oregon (including an off-the-itinerary story).
I know many of you have already whitewater rafted. If you have, please just enjoy it again!
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Facing the raft, Bill is at the front left. I'm directly behind him, not visible in this photo. Our guide is at the back left in the blue jacket. This is a class III+ rapid. Click photo to enlarge.
This is fun. This is fun. This is fun. This is s-c-a-r-y-y-y-y!!!!! This is fun!
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For background information about our Oregon trip, it would be helpful if you first read Oregon (including an off-the-itinerary story).
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Day 1 of Bill's and my July Oregon trip. "Pine Mtn 6,509" is at the end of the hot pink marker line that indicates our observatory side trip. Click photo once, and again, to enlarge.
On Friday, July 17th, Bill and I arrived in Portland around noon. We drove southeast for approximately three hours to Bend * where we stayed one night at The Riverhouse Resort. ** ***
At dusk we drove southeast from Bend, approximately twenty miles on pavement. Then, another eight miles on a winding dirt road out in the middle of nowhere. At two or three points, just as we would get around a curve in the road, we’d see a few cows standing in the middle of the road or on the shoulder, owning it. We’d stop, put the windows down, talk to the cows standing next to the car, and continue driving until the next group of cows.
Around 9:00 P.M. we arrived in the dark more…
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During my teacher-librarian years, I frequently involved students in author studies so they would get enthused about reading more of various authors’ books. The ultimate intent of these author studies was for students’ reading to snowball over the courses of their lives.
With younger students, immediately before I’d begin sharing a book by the author currently studied, I’d start out with, “Now…if you’ve already read or heard this story….” The students would then, in unison, chime in, “JUST enJOY it aGAIN!”
The reason for this was two-fold. It allowed the students to be enthused even if they already knew the story. It also allowed me to get through the story without a student interrupting with unrelated, but often juicy, stories. Like the little boy informing the class that he learned about his cat’s umbilical cord when the boy’s brother and girlfriend were alone on the couch!
What does this have to do with Oregon? more…
Marion Gunderson Art (and the Farmer's Daughter) 