Well, let me start off with yesterday actually. We started the day in Roseburg, OR and drove through the Umpqua Valley looking at beautiful valleys, mountains, farms and rivers. This is such a pretty part of the world and if you have the resources and time, living out here would be wonderfully private and peaceful; not to mention gorgeous. There are quite a few Pinot Noir wineries around this region, but they all open at 11am, so we weren’t able to pop into any of them as we passed through.
We found our way back to I5 and headed north toward Portland and on to the Seattle area. As we entered into Washington, the skys turned darker and we started to get some rain. The variation in weather was dramatic from Vacaville’s hotness, to the mild late September weather in the Pacific Northwest. It began to get a bit chilly and the forecast for the entire week included the chance of rain every day. We stopped off for lunch in the little town of Centralia, WA at a great little beer pub called McMinimen’s Olympic Club.
We stopped later on at the giant Cabela’s outdoor store in Lacey, WA and finally made the final drive into Port Ludlow and to my parent’s lodge. Cloudy skys, sprinkles of rain, but nothing bad enough to spoil our arrival.
And then today we woke up, had a yummy breakfast in Chimacum at the Chimacum Cafe. Fantastic comfort food! And the scenery around here is simply beautiful and the people are so nice and friendly. We took a brief tour of some nice properties for sale in Port Ludlow and finally headed back to the house to get ready for the trip into Seattle for the A’s and Mariner’s game tonight.
 My parent's wedding location |
 In front of the B&B |
 Inside the Black Sheep Pub |
Denise and I left this morning on our week’s vacation to Seattle. We’re spending time with my parents at their Port Ludlow home and some other cool things around the area. One of the highlights for this week is our planned attendance at the Oakland A’s and Seattle Mariner’s baseball game on Tuesday night at Safeco Field. I’m stoked!
Anyway, we started our drive this morning and made it into Ashland, Oregon for a nice lunch at a great little English style joint called the Black Sheep Pub. I really enjoyed the pub styled interior and the food was great. They even had a live performance by a group of players, enchanting us with some Irish melodies.
Ashland is such a pretty city, and this time of year is particularly exciting because of the world renowned annual Shakespeare Festival. So many theaters around town, all playing various plays by the festival’s namesake. We’ll have to come back through here and catch a few of them and see some more of this beautiful little hamlet. 
Our evening ended as we pulled into the city of Roseburg. We’ll stay here for the night and head out in the morning, possibly making the rest of the journey into Port Ludlow.
More to come..
Elizabeth and Rose (and friend)
Denise, Lauren and Elizabeth traveled to Stockton on Saturday to attend a 4-H event. Although there were so many other rabbits entered into this event, Elizabeth’s mini rex rabbit Rosalina landed a first place ribbon for “Variety”. She was extremely excited about this and told me her rabbit would most likely get a “leg” for this. I had no idea what this meant so I had to look it up. Below is what I found:
“Leg - a leg is earned by winning in an ARBA-sanctioned show as long as there are three exhibitors and five rabbits competing for the win. For example, first place in a class of five or more bunnies showed by three or more different exhibitors would earn a leg.”
Lauren will be getting into raising a rabbit very soon as well. Her future mini-lop is to be born this week and soon after she’s weaned, we’ll have another rabbit in the house. I believe her name will be Daisy!
Just a quick follow up to my two Dr. appointments from a week or so ago. Undergoing radiation to the neck can have some nasty side effects to a person’s thyroid, so it’s a good idea to have this checked with your blood work periodically. I was called by Dr. Woolf’s office today and he indicated that my thyroid results are normal. Yippee!
