PNW Round Up Day Three

On Sunday, the last day of the Round Up in Oregon, everyone returned to our home for Brunch, which was "left overs" from Saturday, plus Blueberry Parfaits, coffee and Juice. After fueling up we headed down the road to visit the many wonderful Farm Stands along the lush Willamette Valley Countryside! Some of us hopped in our cars and headed out while others had planes to catch or long drives to make... 

Below is the Group Photo we took after Breakfast

From left to right front row

Akis, Bikerfamily, Bdweld, OrangeZest, Mr. Mauigirl, Mis7up

From left to right back row

gammaray, Magnolia Blossom, Christine NICU RN, 

Mrs. Bdweld, me, Mauigirl, AVON & Cookin' Cyn

Hey! Where's Moonkid? Oh! That's right! 

She's below & took the group picture. 

Good Job Jade! 

Missing from the group photo is Randy & Cathy Myers 

who we later hooked up with for dinner and 

a wonderful evening of visiting & gabbing. 

Apparently ours was NOT the 1st PNW Round Up

While we were touring Farm Stands, Randy & Cathy 

went Antiquing in our quaint little town and 

found this to give us Sunday night! 

Are we now a part of the Albany Round-Up Association, Inc?

Back to the Farm Stand Tour...

The drive through the countryside was beautiful. 

These corn fields were nearing harvest! 

The sky above was ever so blue! 

Along the way, we passed by many Filbert (Hazelnut) Orchards. 

Did you know that Oregon grows 99% of the country's Filberts?

A whooping $121 Million Crop each year! 

We just had to stop to go inside the orchards. 

Filbert Orchards are like no other fruit or nut Orchards on earth! 

They are mystical with the dappled sunlight piercing its way down through the trees, 

making the orchard appear somewhat other-worldly & just a tad bit eerie. 

See the spotlessly clean ground beneath the trees! 

The orchard floor is kept clear of weeds, tree suckers and 

debris because they let the nuts drop to harvest. 

Just prior to harvest they drag old tires through 

the orchard for one last NON-chemical cleanup! 

So Interesting! 

Simply Breathtaking! 

When I moved to Oregon in 1972 we 

lived in a small house on a Filbert Farm.

I could never get enough of walking among those trees!

Everyone thought the Orchard so mesmerizing 

that we just had to take our pictures from within! 

First Up...

Brian & Debi

Are they not the most handsome couple ever! 

Such beautiful Smiles! 

Love these two!

And, gammaray taking a picture of all of
US taking a picture of Brian & Debi.

We didn't know she was doing that! Akis was in on it! Cute!

Next Up the very gorgeous

Cookin' Cyn, Christine NICU RN, 

Debi & Magnolia Blossom

What Lovelies!

Then our so sweet and so pretty gammaray &
her sweetie Akis. A match made in heaven! 

And, finally DD Christine & her proud mama!

Below - Farm Stand #1

The smallest one we visited.

BTW, every Farm Stand we visited is 

part of a working Farm.  

Barn at the Farm Stand

Left to right: Garage, Farm Equipment Shed and House

Better view of the Farm House 

Below - Farm Stand #2

It's PEACH season! 

"And these, says Magnolia Blossom, are... PEACHES"

YUM! Everyone takes a bite

In the background is the Peach Orchard. 

Beautiful, Ripe Peaches

But wait, there's more than just Peaches

 Blackberries
The Marion Berry variety

Apples, Nectarines, and more Apples

Corn 

Green Beans

Plums

Artichokes

Wow! I love this pic. It would look nice in 

a frame and hung on the wall in my kitchen! 

On the way to our next FS, 

we drove by a Sugar Beet Seed Farm.

Plants having been cut down and ready for seed harvest,

the seeds are shipped directly to farmers for Sugar Beet Production. 

Below - Farm Stand #3

This is one of my personal favorite FS's

In addition to superb produce of every kind, 

there was also an Umpqua Valley Ice Cream Stand,

Kettle Corn, and an area for picnic-ing. 

But, the STAR attraction are the Goats in their unusual habitat. 

We all couldn't help feeding them. 

I'm sure the .25 cents it costs to watch these cute little goats

retrieve food from a bucket helps keep them a 

major draw to this Farm Stand!  

Akis puts his Quarter in and fills the bucket

Then, hand over hand he hoists the bucket up top

Trust Me! Those goats know there's food in the buckets.

It was fun watching them run to the feeder when 

they heard a bucket coming up! 

So many, many things to see and BUY!

Oh look! A chicken Apron! 

On the produce side of the building ..... so much fruit & vegtables! 

At the far end of the building were so many things for the garden. 

Here they are again! The couple of the day! 

I think Debi wants this "love" bench.

Farm Stand #4

Our last stop...

By Far, the biggest Farm Stand on the tour.

They have everything imaginable here! 

And, again... this is also a working Farm! 

Inside, there's wine, a bakery with so many

 baked goods, produce and so much more! 

Pears

Taters

Watermelon

Outside are the pretty gardens, barn and outbuildings

Even a Koi Pond

Gardens to stroll through

Our Farm Stand tour had come to an end. 

AND, with that the PNW Round Up too! 

We had the best time ever.

Our extreme thanks to those who came! 

Our wish for you is that you enjoyed 

yourselves half as much we did! 

THANK YOU!!!!

To those of you reading this, it is our wish that

you have enjoyed reading The PNW Round Up Blogs

and looking at the beautiful photos taken by the attendees 

as mush as I have enjoyed putting it together. 

Many Blessings to you all! 

Orange & Candice 

Note: Photos courtesy of: gammaray, bdweld, and Christine NICU RN