My visit to the state of Oregon was everything I hoped it would be, a delightful time with family and friends, shopping at some of the best fabric shops in Portland, over a 1000 miles of driving along some of the prettiest roads, and unpredictable spring weather! I thought I would share a brief photo journey with you.
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| A familiar view from the driver's seat. |
Don't let this picture fool you. This was one of the only sunny days in northern Oregon. I like this shot because I spent a lot of time on this Interstate. Notice the train to the right. It passed by fairly quickly going north too!
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| Overflowing banks of the Willamette River in Albany. |
I saw three rivers. All were swollen, swift, and muddy from the incredible amount of rain Oregon received in the month of March.
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| Elevation ~4500 ft. above sea level. |
I didn't expect to see snow on this trip. How wrong I was! While crossing over some mountain passes to see my sister in southern Oregon, I drove through a snow storm. What should have taken me about 3 hours took 4 1/2. I am so out of practice for this kind of driving weather! I made it through safely though.
The next four photos below show structures from the McKenzie River area where I lived from the early 1980's to the late 1980's. It was raining hard that day!
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| Goodpasture Bridge ~ The longest covered bridge in Oregon. It spans the McKenzie River and is still in use today. |
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| McKenzie High School ~ If I recall, there were only 18 students in my graduating class. |
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| McKenzie Bridge Christian Church |
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| McKenzie Ranger Station ~ where I worked on a fire crew mopping up wildfires during the summers between college. |
That was certainly a drive down memory lane! I think the last time I was in this area was about 8 years ago.
Time to switch gears though, and show you the lovely fabrics I added to my stash. Hopefully they will all be making an appearance, as finished garments, here on the blog!
The Knits
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| All from Mill End in Beaverton, Oregon |
The Outfit of Rayon, Silk, and Linen
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| All from Mill End in Beaverton, Oregon |
The Wovens
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| The two on the left from Fabric Depot and the two on the right from JoAnn's |
I am happy to report that I finally found
Josephine's Dry Goods in downtown Portland. It's a fabric shop I have been wanting to visit for some time. While I didn't buy anything there, I sure did enjoy browsing the quality selections there. And that is the end of my awesome mainland adventure! I look forward to jumping back into the online blogging adventure, starting today. Aloha!
14 comments:
So glad that you had a great trip back home and that you came back with such wonderful prizes!
So sorry you came to experience our lovely monsoon.
Glad you found Josephine's. I recognize the blue swirly knit in the top fabric photo - I looked at it awhile myself.
We finally had one sunny day this week on Monday in a cruel teasing hoax on the part of Mother Nature.
Everyone was quite cranky about it tuesday when the rain returned.
I was born in Eugene - love the photos. My folks had a place along the Mckenzie River then.
Glad you had a great time. You sure brought some cute fabric.
I'm glad you had a nice trip, and you returned home safely!! I love fabric shopping in new places!
Welcome back. I'm really pleased you could make the trip and had a great visit.
I believe seeing the snow so late in the season. I enjoyed visiting Portland last year.
Beautiful pictures, I love to see a different part of the world! It's nice to see you back in the blogging world again, too.
Lovely fabric haul! I'm glad you had a great time (and isn't Josephine's fabulous?)
Welcome home! Sounds like you had a lovely trip.
Hi and welcome back. It has been wet and rainy (snowy here at 4500ft) in Oregon and we are all a bit tired of it. I'm off to Portland in May and will visit some of the same fabric shops. What fun :-) Your pieces are really pretty.
Mill End - my favorite store in PDX!
So glad you got to come back and enjoy the sweet fabric bliss of Portland area. Surely you brought your webbed feet - lol.
Oh I'm lusting after that yellow rose print! I'm glad you had a nice trip! My daughter and I are determined to get to Oregon in the next couple of years. It just looks like our kind of place!
Looks like you added some lovely fabrics to your stash. Those will be fun to pick from!
The pictures of where you grew up are absolutely beautiful. 18 in your graduating class? sounds idyllic. My mom grew up in Portland and I've only been there once, and never traveled to the more rural areas.
I too live someplace very different than where I grew up. It IS a bit of a shock to experience it again, isn't it?
Your fabrics are lovely! Can't wait to see what you
Isn't it great to walk (literally) down memory lane every once in a while? Mopping up wildfires sounds like interesting work!
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