The Trees Are Green!

Well, they weren't green in Lethbridge on Wednesday when we left our home and went by taxi to the Lethbridge airport.  It took as all day to go from Lethbridge to Calgary to Vancouver to Portland mainly because of a five hour layover in Vancouver.  We flew very close to Mount St. Helens and it was a great view - all covered with snow and sparkling in the sun.

As we left the Portland airport in our rental van I marveled at the green trees, the yellow gorse and the mayday trees in bloom.  We arrived at the Miller home about 9:30 in the evening.

After a good night`s sleep we drove down to the walk along the Columbia River.  Maggie and I didn`t do the whole walk.  We caught the streetcar and went the whole length.  It had been a beautiful morning but in the afternoon it clouded over and there was a cool breeze.  We had lunch in an historic bar and then drove across the Astoria-Metger bridge to Washington and stopped at a park by the seashore and then drove through the Columbia fort.

Thursday we had a relaxing day and walked a bit and saw all the shops downtown.  There were many tourists because of a cruise ship  in town.  There had been one the day before as well.  There was a lot of commotion down at the river last night.  A Search and Rescue Helicopter was doing circuits with a police boat following.  We haven`t yet found out what that was all about.

Today everyone but me went to the Marine shop and then for a walk.  The following pictures are from my camera as we forgot to bring the hook up for Bob`s camera.  We will post some of his pictures when we get back to Lethbridge.

 The Miller Home

(Our Rental Van in front)

View from the Miller Home towards the Columbia River

Inside the house:

The back yard from the deck

The lot next door - it used to have a house on it but the hill slid down

Now only a goat named Ginger lives there

Deer look after the Flowers