Dufur, OR - Girls Weekend

We came to Dufur so I would be close enough to Portland to drive in to visit some of my girlfriends. This time I got to leave Andy alone in the RV. We would've stayed a little further north, in one of the towns along the Columbia River Gorge, but we've done that before and realized that the trains were so bad we could only sleep (or not sleep) for one night before having to move on. There are active train tracks and highways on both sides of the river in Oregon and Washington. Almost all of the RV Parks or State Parks are in between the tracks and highway. It's beautiful...if you can withstand that kind of noise.

So on Friday night I drove the two hours to Portland, leaving Andy with his two bikes and no car for the weekend. My girlfriend, Tatiana, was visiting from San Francisco and staying with our friend Rene. Rene is expecting and due in a month. The plan was to help her get ready for the baby. So we moved furniture, washed baby clothes, cleaned car seats and high chairs and aaallllll of those things that go along with babies. I didn't care what we were doing as long as we got to talk and catch up on life. Rene's husband, Todd, and four-year old, Michael, were there, but we still had a lot of girl-time. We had some fun, too. We took a tour of the city, did some shopping, went for walks, went to a picnic, and so forth. It was a busy two days. I left them at the picnic on Sunday for the drive back to Dufur. I've known these girls for twenty years. We still can't believe it! It makes me feel old when I count the years! The only thing that could've made the weekend better was to have Jen there. Jen lives in Portland, but was away visiting family this weekend. We'll keep trying to meet up somewhere soon, though.

Andy took a nice bike ride on a quiet country road through the rolling wheat fields that surround us. He should've had views of Mt Hood all along his ride, but clouds blanketed this snow-capped mountain on Saturday. It would be great if he'd come to the blog and actually post something about his weekend alone, wouldn't it? I guess we'll have to wait and see if he'll ever write his first post...ha!