Do You Like Old Automobiles and Aeroplanes?

We went to Portland yesterday to visit son John and family (and to pick up a BUNCH of Girl Scout cookies!).  John has been volunteering at an old museum (is that an oxymoron?) up near Hood River, OR.  This museum houses very old cars and “aeroplanes”, all in working condition.  Sometimes you can even get a ride in a Model "T".  John has written a blog about the museum and you can read it here.  It is a well-written blog, so no need for me to repeat the information here.  John did say one thing though – seems there is an antique fire engine at the museum that children love to sit on.  He said if you visit on the the day that he is volunteering and tell him the secret password “Blogger Friend”, not only will he let you sit on that fire engine, he’ll let you ring the bell!!!  How’s that for a good deal.



Granddaughter Rebekah was waiting for her nail polish to dry before she left for her shift selling cookies at Fred Meyer.  She is consistently their top sales person.  The local girl scout leaders asked John to do a training video featuring Rebekah and I got to play the customer!!  It was fun.


On the way home the sun was going down but Mt. Hood was very visible.  We were quite a ways away but it is always a treat to see Mt. Hood from any angle.  If you look closely, you can see a small plane in this photo between the bands of clouds.  That was a nice surprise!  We always see lots of hawks sitting along the freeway on the trip to Portland.  Yesterday we decided to count.  We saw 28 hawks, 1 egret, and a bald eagle.  Of course we go by so fast that we can only get a quick look but it was fun anyway.  We usually see some heron but didn’t see any yesterday.



Speaking of photos, Kate has a great hummingbird collage on her blog.  Kate comes up with some of the neatest photos.  It seems everywhere she goes, from the grocery store to the ocean to the garden, Kate can find something to shoot.  Check out some of her older blogs for some surprising images.  I see that Erin also downloaded the app Kate used on her collage and Erin created a very special tribute to President’s Day.  Check it out.  Rick had some interesting photos on his blog last night too.

So that’s about it for tonight.  Thanks to all those wonderful bloggers who took word verification off your blogs.  Many did not even realize it was required but these old eyes sure appreciate not trying to decipher those crazy words.  ♥