The weather in the Portland area was sunny. Today was predicted to be warm, and it was! The low 90s. Ugh!
Our friends, Dwight and Sheila, came this morning. We hadn’t seen them for several months. We had a lot of catching up to do. Dwight and Sheila were our fellow travelers in Mexico for a couple of months every winter for several years. To say that we had lots of adventures would be a gross understatement.
We sat in the motor home and visited until Dwight, and then Sheila, said they were hungry. Bill and I are always ready for chow. We went to Subway. As we left, Bill said he needed a nap so we took him home and the three of us went for some adventures.
Our first stop was a Mexican grocery store. It was quite large and well stocked. My only purchases were from their bakery. Anyone who knows me knows how much I like Mexican bakeries. This one today was a really good one.
We drove through farmland and saw some interesting things. We passed an alpaca farm. All of the ones we saw had been shorn. That will make some spinners and weavers somewhere very happy.
There were several apple orchards in the area. Sheila explained their new way of planting and tending to the trees. They are pruned and trained much like grapes or raspberries. The rows are wide enough for a truck to drive by, with some pickers picking from the ground level and some riding in a truck. No tree climbing required. Interesting, eh?
We found two caches in the Hillsboro area before retrieving Bill for dinner at Burger King in Sherwood. We are still practicing for our next anniversary!
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