Friday - July 23, 2010

Well, it's now Monday, and we are back in Oregon, but for a brief moment, we shall pretend it is Friday and we have just left Portland - gotta keep things in order you know ;-)

So...Steve from Crown Auto Rental showed up around 1 with the convertible, and we were off!!


We had already decided that South was the way to go as the temps were near 100 in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Down I5 we went, basking in the beautiful Orb of Vacation Happiness (aka Sunshine ;-)

Somewhere around Cottage Grove, I remembered that our friend Heidi had taken off from the Bay Area around the same time we left Portland headed to her parent's house near Medford. We called her, and sure enough, we were going to hit Medford around the same time. A plan was soon hatched as Terri and Heidi have "known" each other for several years, but have never met. There's a whole Zombie Princess story in there, but in the interest of space, we'll just let everyone know that Heidi is now known simply as the Princess and has finally shed the walking dead title ;-)

The Bielanski's (Heidi's parents), were kind enough to invite us to their place for the evening, and we immediately took them up on the offer!! They have a beautiful place in Eagle Point and welcomed us with open arms.

This is the backyard.
Uh yeah, we'll stay.

Seriously, The Bielanski's are two of the nicest, funniest, kindest people we have ever met!!! We hung by their beautiful pool with their darling dog Daisy and their darling daughter ;-) A bit later in the evening, the parents called us to a cocktail party at a nearby house, so we went and munched and socialized for a bit- then went back and hung by the pool drinking wine (with more nummy munchies that Heidi's Mom put together at 10:30pm for us - see the kindness?!) til late as it was still quite warm and gorgeous out by the pool!!

Here is the former Zombie Princess sitting by the lovely pool in her parent's backyard


Note from Terri: We have more pictures from this stay on the camera, but unfortunately Kirstin forgot the camera cable (oh yeah, I went there). We will add more pictures when we get back.