Just Summer Photos

Remember, this is not a Tom update but just me trying to post some photos of our summer.

Oh my.  Is this the third picture of
food I posted?  I never post pictures
of restaurant food. Never. I must have
been hacked. So disregard
these pictures. Don't look!

In July I left Tom home (he said he could get along without me) and went to visit my old friend Jill in Santa Fe. It was great to get away from home for a while.

Gotta have a margarita.

On the way home from the
airport we stopped at the
Range Cafe. Gotta have
some green chili.

Around the Santa Fe area.

I posted these on FaceBook so maybe you've seen these.

Jill had to work at times, so I got to drive around Santa Fe in her car (named Blue Moon, kinda like my car named Moonie.  (Yes, we are both sixty-five and have named our cars just like when we were teenagers. If your car doesn't have a name, I suggest you give it one right now. ) I discovered Iconik Coffee Roasters in my travels and that's why I had to take a photo of that delicious coffee above, which at $5.00 for 10 ounces makes Starbucks seem like a bargain.

In August, after the eclipse beach trip, Laura and I  headed to the Columbia Gorge. We had a wonderful view of the Columbia River from our hotel balcony. The Best Western Plus in Hood River offered the luxury of a pool and jacuzzi outside with views of the river.  We were delightfully surprised at the onsite Riverplace restaurant where we took meals alfresco, served by the most pleasant, friendly, adorable wait staff. After several exquisite meals there we forced ourselves to leave the hotel property go have a burger at the Deschutes Brewery, which offered good food and drink, but alas, only a partial river view.

Laura by the Oyster Shells

Tom and I have driven by the Pacific Oyster company 

for 30 years and finally last year visited their restaurant. 

Now we stop there whenever we pass by.  Yum.

Kite sailing appears to be rapidly replacing sailboarding
in Hood River. We spent hours watching people sailboard,
kite sail, and paddle board.

Laura and I visited Multnomah Falls on our way home.
Less than two weeks later some kids with fireworks started a
fire in the area which is still burning six weeks later! The falls
and the highway to Hood River were closed for weeks.

The kids met Laura and I for breakfast at Jam on Hawthorne. We had to wait
outside drinking coffee in the beautiful sunny weather for an hour. I repeat
an hour.  Poor us. Laura took this photo.  (Logan, Alli, Aaron, Amanda, me.)

After eating we visited some shops on
Hawthorne. Uh oh, I'm starting to bore
even myself.

This place had hats. Lots.

You know what this is.

So many choices.

The weather was glorious.    

Not good at selfies.

We attended quite a few Hops games this year. Here is Tom's
brother James and our nephew Patrick. 

Fireworks after the last Hops game of the season.

We were blessed to have spent time by
the ocean. Twin Rocks, Rockaway Oregon.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Alive and Kickin'

Yup, we are! Sorry it's taken me almost two months to update this, but basically things are going well.  We met with Dr. DaGraca in August and found out the chemotherapy is working at keeping the cancer stable. Tom has been tolerating the chemotherapy quite well, meaning he has not had major side effects. So he is now on a two month on, two month off chemo schedule. Yaaaay, no chemo until October.

We have been carrying on as usual, so I suppose now I can get on to my favorite part of this
blog...posting photos!

Tom with some of his treasures.

My friend Laura, came out from Massachusetts  to visit and see the eclipse. We stayed in Lincoln City and although it was hit and miss for a while, alternating between sun and fog, we did experience totality and yes it was awesome. Later in the day we wandered into town and Tom scored some treasures at the Rocking Horse Antique Mall.

We had a few days in Portland and visited the Japanese Garden which had a Kabuki display and the International Rose Test Garden. We lunched at Elephants Deli where everyone can get what they like. The girls and their guys were able to meet us for breakfast at Jam on Hawthorn and not only did we have a fun visit and excellent breakfast, but we got to wait outside for an hour before we ate, becoming part of the hip Hawthorn scene.

Attention!!! Blogger is not supported by Google anymore and I have spent hours trying to upload photos and arrange them in some order to no avail.  I will end this post and make another one of just photos and captions that you can look at if you are interested.

Laura in Rose Garden.

Logan, Alli, Aaron, Amanda and me waiting
for a table.

Of course we went to Saturday Market, which has
been going on since the 1970's.

Checking out the shops on Hawthorn

Kabuki display