Today was a day off as I stayed with friends in Oregon City. I met Adrian and Kay when were were all teachers at Senior High School in Billings. When they retired they moved here to be closer to family and I’ve made several trips out here to visit but it had been a few years since the last one so it it was great to catch up.
They have a new dog, a mini-Labra-Doodle named Josie and we started the day by walking her around the nearby campus of Clackamas Community College. The school is huge for a 2-year institution and has many walking/biking paths and a nice nature center.
We returned to a nice breakfast of blueberry pancakes and spent some time chatting. Kay is an avid quilter and we went downstairs and checked out her latest piece as Adrian hung it on the wall for a photograph.
We checked out his latest work in his studio: stained glass, drawing and paintings. Josie stood guard over her domain.
As it approached mid-afternoon, it was time to head over to our traditional watering hole here, the Still House Pub.
It’s located off the highway above the Willamette Falls on the river with the same name. Years ago the building was a gas station before becoming a restaurant and finally converted into a traditional British pub with the bar and such from a actual pub over there. They specialize in a wide selection of whiskeys and beers and also serve traditional English pub food. I had a Fuller’s porter and a local IPA. Quite good.
We met Kay for an early dinner at Tachos, a most excellent Mexican restaurant that knows how to make a proper and perfect chili relleno. After we finished, Kay headed off to babysit grandchildren and Adrian and I went back to his place and visited while football played in the background.
We ended up calling it a day and it was a good one.
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