Memorial Day Weekend

 

We’ve been having beautiful weather here in Eugene so Thursday the top came off the Jeep without any fear it could possibly rain the next day.

 

Here’s a picture of Jan’s broken finger after being kicked in soccor.

 

 

Friday, Jan had dinner with Cynthia and Katy after work at Olive Garden for Cynthia’s pre-retirement party. It was girls only so I stayed home and made a dry rub for the country pork ribs and got them in the refrigerator. I also barbequed some various peppers, onions, corn, and squash.

 

Saturday, I traded my old tire chains at Les Schwab for cash then went to REI and picked up a pair of Solomon Techamphibian 2 Water Shoes for my sore feet.

 

 

Around noon, Paula and Sean picked us up and we went to Chateau Lorane for a wine tasting festival they were having on the lake. It was a great time of food, wine tasting, music and good friends.  The port wine was my favorite though I’m not much of a wine drinker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterwards we went down the road to King Estates for more tasting.

 

 

Then we finished the day off with an awesome barbeque at Sean and Paula’s. Sean cooked up some chicken, pork, and hot dogs.  I tried all of it and can say it was delicious. We went to the park next door and Devon showed Scott the finer techniques of fly fishing while the kids wore us out on the merry-go-round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday wasn’t as nice so I barbequed the four-hour country pork ribs with a fantastic pineapple rum sauce while Jan worked in the yard.

 

 

I finally finished painting and installing the cabinet doors for the spare bedroom. Mooch climbed a tree in the backyard and got stuck leaving her sitting out on a limb wondering what to do. Fuji saw her in distress and climbed up the tree right behind her then led her out of the tree by backing down. After Mooch saw that she promptly backed herself out and all was well in the cat world again.

 

Monday, Jan and I went on our offroad excursion that was about a half hour east of Cottage Grove and started across from the Rujanda campground. According to the fire ranger map this was a designated 4×4 road but I never even had to put it in 4-wheel drive which was pretty disappointing. We did traverse the ridges of June Mountain and saw some gorgeous countryside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we looped back, Jan and I found a meadow to have a picnic and enjoyed our pork tacos and grapes for lunch.

 

 

It was a great weekend, thanks Sean and Paula.

 

-Mike and Jan