Sunday, October 3, 2022
Meandering on the Way has been on hiatus for a while because we were busy doing some pretty boring stuff. Besides a bunch of medical and dental visits, we’ve been focused mostly on organizing the destruction and subsequent renewal of one of our bathrooms. Not that anything has actually happened yet–just a lot of planning and a lot of choosing this and selecting that from among roughly 700,000 options. Just for the record, here’s what we’re trying to make go away.
Monday, October 3, 2022
E’s cousin L came to stay at the Oregon coast for a few days and also had time to give us a visit on her way back to Utah. We met her in Portland today, and brought her down to Corvallis. But first, we had a great dinner with the Andees. L and A hadn’t seen each other for a few decades, but they seemed to recognize each other right away and had a nice time catching up.
We also got the latest news about the Andees’ food truck, which is scheduled to go live on Oct. 24. More on that another time. And speaking of food, we ate at a place called ParkStone Wood Kitchen + Taps. It’s in Cascade Station (near the Portland airport) and it’s wonderful.
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Today we took L hiking at Beazell Memorial Forest. It was a lovely fall day, sunny and cool. We stopped for lunch about halfway through the South Loop.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
In the morning we had time for a quick turn about the boardwalk at the Jackson-Frazier wetland just at the edge of town. As we pulled into the parking lot, E thought she saw something moving in a nearby field. All M and L could see was a dark lump. Then the lump moved. But what was it? It wasn’t until we got out the binoculars and the zoom lenses that we could tell.
By noon it was time for L to catch the airport shuttle for the first leg of her journey home. Before leaving town, the shuttle passed through a part of the OSU campus. At that point L texted us and said that she had just got a glimpse of another Oregon creature: an OSU Food Service delivery robot. She didn’t have a chance to get a photo of that one, so we’ll include a picture from our friend J, who once happened upon a whole herd of the critters.
Love ths!! L looks SO much like my mom…its uncanny!! and what a lovely pic of L, uncle N and A!!
Cant wait to hear all about this food truck thing!!
i have Bobcats in my yard, along with lots of foxes. i have a pic of catching a bunch of deer stealing my apples off my tree the other night. and day before yesterday? I had 2 baby jersey bull calves wander into my yard. one was lovely sweet and went right into the dog kennel area. the other was a little bigger, ornery, kicked me several times but i didnt let go of the dog leash and collar i had around his neck and i finally won. calls to all the farmer neighbors yielded nothing..noone claimed them. So I called a neighbor up the road that just sold all their brown swiss cows, and their son came with the trailer and took them home. I dont want to think what is going to happen to them..not much call for male dairy calves around here. betting they are being called burger and fry….sigh.
Can’t wIt to see the selections for the new bathroom; I love renovations!! 🌿