Feb 23 - Seven Feathers Casino RV Resort - Canyonville, Oregon

Today we travelled 188 miles.  We are still in Oregon and have stopped at a fabulous rv resort.  It is part of Seven Feathers Casino.  Beautiful, modern and extremely well equipped resort.

www.sevenfeathersrvresort.com  Check out the website.

Campground nestled in a valley

Our site

Indoor heated pool

And hot tub

Outside of the casino

 We have really enjoyed this park.  Had lupper (lunch and supper combined) in the Creekside Restaurant, went for a swim and hot tub soak.  After showers we took the complimentary shuttle to the casino.  After losing our allotted slot money we had ice cream and then came home to relax.  So much fun.

We travelled for 3 to 4 hours today.  Fairly easy drive - no large cities or mountain passes.  Oregon is very pretty and very green.

Requisite farm shot

Lots of sheep farms

Lots of hills - fresh and green

Another wedding photo:

Tomorrow we're California bound.

Feb 22 - Wilsonville, Oregon

Today, the weather was a vast improvement over yesterday. It rained so much yesterday that I had nightmares about the river overflowing its banks. I dreamt that when I woke up the water had flooded our living room.  Thank God it was just a dream.

Packing up without rain this morning.

Sun breaking through the clouds

The Tacoma Dome

Crossing over the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon

We've safely arrived at Pheasant Ridge Rv Resort.  Its a nice park near Costco, Pier One etc.  Tomorrow we head to Canyonville.  We're staying at a Casino RV Resort.  It sounds really nice and the casino has a seafood buffet on Thursdays.  It sounds delicious.

Today's wedding picture:

 

 

The cousins

Feb 21 - Burlington, Washington

We travelled the grand total of 74 miles today.  Passed through Peace Arch border crossing with only a 15 minute line up.  No damages this year.  Hooray!

The weather today is crappy.  We set up in the pouring rain.  I thought the trailer might float away, there was so much water in the campground.  We have stayed at this KOA three times.  It is very convenient.

Fitting with our new healthier lifestyle, we are trying to do more cooking.  When we travelled in the past, we rarely cooked supper.  Today we went to the grocery and bought stuff to make our own supper.  Chicken and rice with broccoli salad.

The great thing about staying at a familiar spot is knowing where all the services are.

I didn't take any pictures today.  Too miserable.

Tomorrow we head for Oregon.  And hopefully it will be less rainy.

Amy and Ian are home from their honeymoon.  Amy has posted wedding pictures on Facebook.  So I am going to close with a photo.

What A Week!!

We had a fabulous time with all 43 friends and relatives.  What a party!  The wedding was great! But there won't be any pictures until Ian and Amy are home (they have a second week for honeymoon) and post the first photos.  Don't want to steal their thunder.  So for the rest of the trip:

Some of our fellow beach dwellers:

Amy and Ian

Jovana, Matt and me

Kathy

Wayne L dancing the night away

Daniela, Andrea and Amanda

Vince - Daniela's brother

Wayne with Elvis (social director) and Adelmo - childhood friend

Wayne and Nancy - childhood friend

Bob and Donna - Amy's parents

Ian and Shannon - Amy's sister

We spent time at the beach:

Kathy

Ian and his friend Lucas playing a silly game

Jovana playing beach volleyball

Hi I'm from Canada

Red flag - no swimming today

And at the pool:

Some of us went on a catamaran tour.  The outing included stops at a dolphinarium, and a private island - Cayo Blanco for lunch and beach time.  The boat also stopped for snorkeling.  It was a wonderful day, especially as it was Amy's birthday.  She has wanted to interact with dolphins since she was a small girl.  Strike that off the bucket list.

Nemo - He's 3 years old

Could she be any happier?

Snorkeling on the coral reef

Cayo Blanco

Hanging out on the Cayo Blanco beach

Heading home

The resort was very nice. Food was good. Bread was homemade daily and delicious. There were two speciality restaurants - Japanese and Cuban. We ate at both. Champagne flowed freely. The rooms were pretty nice not like Canadian but nice. Bathrooms had lovely blue tiling on the walls. Our maid created lots of towel sculptures.

Chef at Japanese restaurant

Towel sculpture

Most of the younger members of our group have tattoos.  Wayne felt left out - but not for long.

Vive Cuba!!

Counting Down

The countdown is on!  Four sleeps til Cuba.  It's almost wedding time.  Can't wait to celebrate with family and friends with fun in the sun.  Soon we'll finally have a beautiful daughter. Love you Ian and Amy.

The Groom

Fast forward twenty some years.  Ian's trading his cuddly teddy for a cuddly Amy.   Love you guys.

This past week has been another active one.  We went to a seminar on geocaching.  Lots of fun.  Becoming a geocacher is akin to joining a cult.

Searching, searching ...

Success!

Monday we hiked at another local park.  This time it was the Colliery Dam park.

At quilting I started a new quilt block.  Going to make another toss cushion and I finished a few bits and pieces of other projects.  This afternoon is book club.  Right now the sun is shining and calling us out to play.  We're walking to the store for a few last minute trip needs.

Soon we'll be in Cuba!! Ragga ragga!