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Posted by ellice on August 8, 2009, 8:11 am
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>> Hmmm - so who's vacationing?
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> I was and I had a great time! I went to my sister, Carol's in WA
> (just north of Portland, OR) for 10 days. Lucky me, I was there when
> the all-time record high of 107 was matched and was also "lucky" to
> witness breaking the streak with 10 days over 90. DSis doesn't like
> the heat so when her house was being built she had them install
> central air. :)
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> We celebrated my sister's birthday Tues., went to the beach Wed.,
> which was the hottest day (only 68 at the beach...heaven!), Thurs.went
> to Seattle to visit 2 nieces (my oldest sister's girls) and their
> brand-new babies, had supper at Carol's daughter's house on Fri., went
> to a "farm party" (the people raise alpacas and mushrooms) on Sat.,
> Sunday visited Mt.St. Helens (*awesome*!) and Carol's other daughter.
> Monday we shopped, Tues. we did the "fruit loop" (a whole valley of
> orchards) in OR and (to keep this on topic) visited a couple yarn
> stores!
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> The first ys we went to was in Vancouver...just a little shop but with
> a very nice selection. I found a skein of 2-ply wool that I'm going
> to use to felt a little cell-phone bag to clip to my belt loops. The
> other place was on the fruit loop. It's a place that raises alpacas.
> They have some raw alpaca wool, some they spin and dye themselves and
> some they import. That stuff is pure heaven to touch!!!!! As soon as
> I save up a bit of money, I'm going to order some bulky baby alpaca to
> make a lap robe for myself. If anyone wants links to these stores,
> let me know.
>
> Joan
Wow - what a fun time for you. Getting to visit family, and go places. Mt.
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St Helen's is a fabulous place to visit - I went about >20 years ago - just
a couple of years after the eruption, and have amazing photos that we took
of the new growth coming in (may have even been only a year).
Alpacas and mushrooms - that's a great combo. The Referee-In-Chief for
USAHockey SED raises alpacas in Tennessee. One of the district meetings was
near there and everyone got to go see them. The yarn is amazing.
Definitely worth saving for some baby alpaca. Links are good!
Glad to have you back... I have to go stitch now and be jealous. Somehow I
think that my weekend in NJ, and upcoming seminar in Milwaukee won't have
quite the same tourism fun factor.
Ellice
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> I hope you took plenty of stitching along with you.
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> Donna in Virginia