Stormy Point Resort

The Stormy Point Resort lived up to its name the first two days we were here.  Although there wasn’t much thunder and lightning after 6:00 a.m. it rained all day and at times the wind was blowing.
We were up  and at “The Twelve Irish Tenors” by 10:00 a.m.  How anyone could sing at that hour of the morning I will never know, but sing they did and they sang very well.  It was a great show.
We went shopping and out to lunch and hung around the cottage in the afternoon.  Jim and Bob tried out the swimming pool.
Another show in the evening – Hamner and Barber.  Hamner was a magician and Barber was a ventriloquist and I thought the ventriloquist was amazing.

Branson Day 1

6:45 - Great Falls Airport
1:00 p.m. Branson Airport (Jim and Mary met us)

 Deck on back of Cottage

 

 

 

 Downtown Fountain

 

 

 

 

We had supper at a Mexican Restaurant sitting out on the deck overlooking a lake.  Later we attended a show "The Duttons" which was excellent.  During the show there was a lot of thunder and maybe some hail.  The lightning and thunder continued all night.



We Spent a Week at Home

We arrived home from Calgary last Sunday evening.

This week we went out to Sunset Acres for family home evening.  The city has just about reached there.

I went to Relief Society on Thursday.

Friday we watched three basketball games (two of Langley's and one of Taylor's) and then Saturday we watched one more.

Saturday afternoon Ross picked us up and we went to Joans for our sibling supper - good food, good company.

Ross and Paulette stayed overnight with us.

After church today we had a rainy drive to Great Falls.  The only car ahead of us at the border was driving away when we got there.

After checking in at the hotel we went out for supper.

Another One Bites the Dust

When we moved into this house in 1973 there were many trees on the property - a poplar, a mountain ash, a mayday, a flowering plum, a gooseberry bush, a nanking cherry, a birch, a juniper and an ornamental crabapple tree.  Over the years Bob has found reasons to get rid of most of them.  Recently I gave in and allowed him to cut down the juniper because it was too close to the house.

Remains of the Juniper

 Waiting for the Spring Cleanup Truck

Now we have a birch tree in the back yard and two Saskatoon bushes which replaced the cherry and gooseberry bushes.  We still have the flowering crab apple tree in front.  Most of the people on the block have gotten rid of the crab apple trees.

Our neighbours across the back alley have the same ideas, I guess.  For quite a while all the branches except the top ones had been cut off the tree below..  Now the top ones are gone as well.

 

Basketball, Temple and Mothers Day in Calgary

On Friday afternoon, Taylor, Bob and I drove to Calgary.  After a stop and some supper at Jeremy and Julie's house we drove across the city to Aberhardt School for Taylor's first game.  There was an accident on Crowchild Trail and we were in a gridlock for at least a half hour and Taylor was three minutes late by the time we got there.  After her game we went to Sait for Taylor to cheer for her team mate in some kind of shoot-out.  Shortly after ten we arrived back at Jeremy's to spend the night.

It was Courtney's high school graduation this week-end, so Taylor's parents couldn't go to Calgary.

Saturday morning we attended the Calgary Temple with Edward, Jacqueline, Jeremy, Julie, Nathan and Tara.  Taylor waited out on the lawn and then when we came out we (except for Nathan and Tara) had a burger at Smashburgers and then we drove Taylor to Sait for her next game.  After the game we drove back across the city to Nathan's.  Again we were in a gridlock for a long time - this time on McLeod Trail.  We had supper with Nathan and Tara and the boys.  Taylor's last game was at 7:30 in the evening at Sait.  This time there was no trouble getting her there on time.  Taylor is on a Lethbridge team which practices in Stirling (she lives in Taber).  The team won the bronze medal in the tournament.

Taylor in the middle in back row

Sunday we attended church in the Midnapore ward.  Jeremy gave an excellent mother's day talk.  We had dinner at Jeremy's, had a short visit with Edward's family and got home early in the evening.

We have had a very hot, dry wind the last couple of days.  Two houses burnt down yesterday in Paradise Canyon.  

My miniature Iris plant is in bloom, the Saskatoon bushes are in bloom, the crab apple tree is in bloom and our neighbour's Mayday tree is in bloom.  This is causing Bob grief because of his hay fever.

Home In Lethbridge

We have dropped into Lethbridge for a couple of days.  When we left the first of May there were no leaves on the trees, but now the trees are leafing out and our tulips are in bloom.  Bob has been fertilizing and watering the lawn and digging at the quack grass in our garden.

We had a wonderful visit to Oregon.  Following are some of our pictures.

 View from the Miller's Upstairs Window

 Another View from Upstairs

 The Jail is Only a Block Away

 The Miller Home

 The old Railway Station

(now used as a community center and for classes, such as woodworking)

 House Built Over the Water

 There Used to be Many Fish Canneries along the Columbia

 The Trolley Goes along the Astoria Waterfront

 Art Classes Along the Waterfront

 Cruise Ship

 Beach Across the River in Washington

 Another View of the Washington Beach

 Fort Columbia

Fort Columbia State Park is a 593 acre day-use historical park located at the Chinook Point National Historic Landmark and along 6,400 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Columbia River. Within the park are original U.S. Army Coastal Artillery fort buildings and batteries, active from 1896 to 1947. This area was also home to the Chinook Indian Nation and their famed Chief Comcomly, and explored by Robert Gray and the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The Flavel House

The Captain George Flavel house has captured the luxury and elegance of the Victorian period. This 1885 Queen Anne Victorian home features original Eastlake style woodwork interiors and exotic hardwood and imported tile fireplaces. Enjoy a walk on the grounds and many trees planted by the Flavels over 100 years ago.

 What is Northern Cantonese American Food?

(We didn't try it.)

 Search and Rescue Helicopter

(We never did find out what they were searching for.)

Homesick for China

Pictures taken at the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland

Lan is for Portland and Su is for Suzhou (Portland's sister city)

Gorgeous Oregon

After a gourmet lunch at the Millers on Saturday we drove down the coast and across the mountains to Hillsboro.  It was a beautiful afternoon for a drive.  At one point we had a beautiful view of Mount Hood.

Tom and Margaret took us out to a golf course (The Reserve) for supper.

Sunday we went to church and then David, Karen, Beth and their families came and we ate and visited all afternoon.

Today we drove into Portland and toured a Chinese garden.  Although on a much smaller scale it was reminiscent of gardens we toured in China.