Travelogue, part 2

After we finished touring around the Japanese Gardens, we drove down to a Japanese restaurant and had sushi/teriyake for lunch.

Melanie suggested next that we tour the Portland UU Church, which we did - we had an hour long tour conducted by their Director of Religious Education, Cathy Cartwright. It's an amazing church, grown so much they took over the church next door, and have expanded to a full city block! How wonderful to be a part of a growing vibrant community like that! I'm a little envious, I do admit.

We also had the best little adventure, looking for a winery by the name of Hip Chicks Do Wine. We used Diana's GPS system, and followed right into the heart of an industrial park. Well, you can just imagine our confusion - no vineyards, no greenery whatsoever. A winery, here?

Sure enough, we turned the last corner, to be greeted by a nicely painted garage door and small human door, in lavender, and a very small sign announcing Hip Chicks Do Wine. Hmmmmm...

We slowly opened the door, a bit hesitant about what we'd find inside ... it was dark as we first walked in, and we couldn't see much as we waited for our eyes to adjust. We walked further into the building, and sure enough, we found a warehouse full of kegs of wine, and a small tasting area. And was that wine yummy! We bought a few bottles of wine to enjoy in our room, and Di bought a bottle to take home as a gift for Brad. I'll be ordering some in the fall, after I have some spending money and a job!

After the winery, we dropped Melanie off, and picked up Karen for dinner. We found a nice Thai restaurant downtown, and crammed in a fast dinner so Karen could make it back to her evening session at UU University. Here we are looking at pictures of each other's children.

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.
~ The Rubiyaiyat of Omar Khayyam

More to come ...