"If ye go will ye send back a letter from America?" - The Proclaimers
Well no, but I will send back some more postcards of our travels:-
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| Neil Diamond hybrid rose in Portland's wonderful rose gardens. |
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| Portland's moving Holocaust Memorial |
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| Wood - the original basis for economic success in both Washington and Oregon |
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| In downtown Hood River - a delightful town where we watched England's opening World Cup game in the British Bar |
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| By the mighty Columbia River on our way to Goldendale. This is the border between Washington and Oregon. |
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| Stonehenge replica near Goldendale. It is actually a memorial to local men who died in World War I |
Merlene and I stopped at the Stonehenge replica a couple of years ago. It's in such an interesting location, up high over the river with all the windmills in the background. A note about Gardner's restaurant: yes, it is very high class. I wish I'd been thoughtful enough to arrange a reservation for you there so I could treat you to dinner. Of course, that sounds very noble in retrospect, but I mean it.
ReplyDeleteIn retrospect - I thank you for the kind thought Jan - especially as our funds are draining away on this holiday. We will soon be destitute ourselves - "Scuse me, can you spare a dollar?"
DeleteI like the last image. Perchance even Americans aren't all Latter Day Saints and Bible bashing ignoramuses. Be nice if the country was so broad minded.
ReplyDeleteA brilliant memorial to a wholly heathen war.
PS. Be better if it weren't there at all but not much we can do about that now.
DeleteNow now Adrian! You are being Americophobic! That's almost as bad as racism.
DeleteNow that's what I call a river !!
ReplyDeleteHell, yes! A mighty river. There were even people windsurfing on it. It had beaches, waves - everything.
DeleteMy flowers looked like that Neil Diamond hybrid after I finished painting the house...
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Neil Diamond makes of his pink paint spattered rose?
DeleteAn interesting collection of the many different facets of a huge country. The holocaust memorial does indeed look very moving, and your blog is the first time I have ever seen the Stonehenge replica.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bothering to look at my postcard pictures Miss Arian.
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