Sauvie Island!

We came here to check out the Lavender Farm and pick some fresh cherries when my family was visiting...BUT WE discovered a farm ( huge, as far as your eye can see) of pick your own everything. There is something to be said about picking your own food, it shouldn't be a novel idea BUT it is these days. Coming home to eat all the food you just picked seems to make the diner MUCH MORE enjoyable. IT was one dollar for a head of lettuce that lasted 3 meals and my favorite part was pick your own flowers!

EUGENE COUNTY FAIR!

Be afraid, be very afraid cuz the freaks will come out at this Country Fair..BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID TO go and eat your face off, listen to good music and shop for talented hand crafts. Kathryn introduced us to this kick butt fair..kinda like the Philly folk fest meets the land of the ewoks meets the Renaissance fair x's 200%. Every booth is hand-build wood tree houses and we ate & ate & ate yummy drinks and food ( mmmm avocado boats!) We saw an awesome Vaudeville show that was a spoof on sex in the city goes to the country, and we saw a magic show where the magician was just placed in the Guinness World Book of Records for having the fastest hands with playing cards ( whadda mouthful)----who knew?

Trillium Lake

I saw a postcard at walgreens, flipped it over & said where the heck is that? The next wknd we headed out to Trillium Lake..

We ventured out route 26 to Mount Hood/Timberline Lodge stopping off at REALLY GOOD vintage yard sales, I got a SWEET OWL candle for a buck. Then to eat lunch at the timberline lodge(HERE'S JOHNNYY!!!)... We were in shorts and kids where still snowboarding, a hot panting Lucy HIGHLY enjoyed being able to play in snow! The inside of this hotel is INSANE.

Then we hiked around the lake, I was happy to arrive at my postcard (teehee). Here we stumbled upon boardwalks going over mountain run-off streams with CRAZY weird lettuce, corn-on-cob looking flowers in the water. Here we encounter snow again..so crazy because we then went swimming! Next time when we go back I am getting a huge raft for sure and just going to float around all day. I thought about all my doggies & how much then would of loved this Day. (especially Milo, kim & colins doggie!)