salmon. Saturday night we had a salmon feast over at the Purscell’s park. Bill and Lynette were there also. Nine people and there was still salmon left over.We arrived at the Sherwood, Oregon Elks Lodge early Sunday afternoon after an uneventful three hour drive from drizzly Long Beach. The Lodge is located on a hill with a great view of the wooded hills surrounding Sherwood. Sherwood is a suburb of Portland, located about 15 miles south, just off I-5. The Lodge has 22 RV sites and when we arrived there were only a couple open sites. Normally the Lodge is closed on Sunday and Monday, but they were having a "Family Day" on Sunday afternoon, so we were able to visit. Very friendly and fun Lodge. The First Lady, Tina, was behind the bar and went out of her way to make us feel welcome. The ER, Tony Baker, spent quite a while chatting with us. At one point a squirt gun fight broke out - this is apparently a relatively common occurrence. In fact, their newsletter has a blurb about their first lodge meeting in August being held outside after a BBQ, and has a note at the bottom, "Squirt Guns Optional!" If any Elks are in the area, you should definitely make a visit to the Sherwood Elks Lodge.
Monday we took a ride into Portland to do some shopping and to visit a nice little restaurant called "Pause Kitchen & Bar." During most of my period as a professional home owner association manager I worked for a lady named Lynn Gilliam. Her son, Capron, moved to
Portland and recently opened Pause. We were there, along with Lynn and her husband Tom, back in June, and we wanted to stop and say hi to Capron since we were in the area. Unfortunately, Capron was not in on Monday, so we just had a drink and headed out. Our experience from June brings a strong recommendation to try Pause for dinner if you are in the Portland area. It has a very eclectic menu and the food is excellent. Pause is located at 5101 N Interstate. Towards the North end of town on the East side of the river. Say hi to Capron for us.After visiting Pause, we stopped by the Tualitan, Oregon Elks Lodge, located in (surprise!) Tualitan, just East of Sherwood. We had visited this lodge twice while we were here in 2005 and never could get a lodge pin. This time we did. Only people there were the bartender and one member, but they were quite friendly. Worth a visitation by traveling Elks.
Today is Tuesday, and we left Sherwood at about 10:30 this morning to drive down to Silverton. Silverton is located about 10 miles East of Salem. We have to be in Salem at the fairgrounds on Sunday morning for the Monaco International Motorcoach Rally. We are staying at the Silver Spur RV Park. A very nice park with pull-through spaces, free cable and wifi, and full hookups with 50 amps. Its also a Passport America park so we got three of our days at half price, only $14 a night. Friday and Saturday are full-fare because this weekend is Davenport Days in Silverton. Supposed to be a fun small-town celebration. Will report on the festivities after the weekend.
Over and Out for Now.
