Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The Crunchy Capital of the World


Mike and I are having a wonderful week visiting the West Coast Becksforts this week. It IS very strange to be here sans kiddos, but having face-timed with said kiddos a couple times, we know they are enjoying being spoiled by the ice cream vendors we left them with.
So far this week we have gone to the local farmers market, eaten vegetarian from a food cart, eaten tasty coconut cream pie from another food cart, watched the wonder that is John Mark's ability to preach a great sermon while his swirly twirly hands never ceased, gathered eggs from the chickens, loved the way Hadley says "chicken", hit the coast...

ate fantastic halibut and chips and watched Hadley eat shrimp ketchup cocktail, enjoyed super fresh Clam chowder, shopped the antique stores and kite shops...



watched our first clips of Portlandia,went to Powells bookstore, bought some new hiking boots at REI and watched the plumbers come and re-plumb the house. The follow up crew was very handsome, but some of their supervisors were pretty "hands on"


and I'm not sure what it means when your supervisor makes this face...


let's get a better look at that...


and this face was a little worrisome too...


fortunately, the supervisors did their job well and were rewarded with Ruby Jewel ice cream. Ah-mazing ice cream. Caramel with salted Dark Chocolate was popular, my personal choice being the Peanut Butter Dream. Ez got Salted Lime, it was potent stuff that had uncle mike looking around for a shot of tequila.

Today we're waiting the requisite 24 hours for the caulk to dry on the new shower head before we all take really hot luxurious showers (that will be starting at approximately 4:01pm for those of you thinking of telephoning us). tomorrow we camp.






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