PNW Round UP

It’s been a little over one month since the Pacific Northwest Round Up! My darling husband and I are still reminiscing about the wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime (for us) get together of the most wonderful peeps on earth at our home in Oregon. I can't help but tear up as I write this because in writing about our time together the memories come flooding back to me. I truly do mean this in every way! We had a blast! OrangeZest and I are so grateful for those who were able to came. We enjoyed every single minute of your visit here with us! And, now...

I'd like to share with the rest of you what we did on those glorious 3 days in July, 2014!!! 

It will be so hard to try to convey every nuance of each day of the Round Up, because as they say, you just had to be there! I will however, hopefully  be able to highlight some of the outstanding and memorable moments of the event that will undoubtedly bring back memories to those who attended and convey to those who couldn't the memories we made that will last a lifetime! 

Because a “Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words,” I’ll post as many as I possibly can. We hope you’ll enjoy looking at them. We had the best time in the making of them.

Since I don't want this to be the longest blog in AR history, I'll just post day one, Friday, of the Round Up today. Beginning with our get together dinner on Thursday evening. 

Thursday, July 17th

We started with Dinner at Frankie's in Albany on Thursday evening.

Sort of a meet & greet before the Festivities began on Friday. 

From left to right: 

OrangeZest, Candice, Biker Family, Magnolia Blossom, 

gammaray, Akis, Cookin' Cyn, & Christine NICU RN

Friday Morning July 18th: 

Getting ready for the Bus Ride to Nye Beach at the Oregon Coast.

It was so interesting that somehow, putting grown adults on a 

school bus magically turned us all back into 7th graders. 

The ride over was hilarious! We even broke out in song along the way. 

 Like I said above, "You had to be there!" 

From left to right: 

Akis, gammaray, Biker Family, Randy & Cathy Myers, 

Cookin' Cyn, Magnolia Blossom, Mis7Up, Christine NICU RN, 

moonkid,Candice, OrangeZest, & AVON

AVON & Magnolia Blossom

Mis7up & moonkid

The Wheels on the Bus go round & round....hmmm, hmmm, hmmm

Cathy & Randy Myers shopping at Nye Beach. Are we having fun yet? 

Oh what did you buy in that Lingerie shop?!? Huh, Cathy?

After a few hours of shopping and site seeing, our Bus Driver took us further North up the 

Coastline to Mo's Seafood Restaurant in Lincoln City for lunch. 

Above....

OrangeZest, Biker Family & Mis7up are all SMILES!!!

Lunch is on it's way!

From left around the table 

Akis, AVON, Cathy & Randy Myers, 

Mike aka Mr. MauiGirl, I don't know where MauiGirl went....

Christine NICU RN & gammaray

Our very own Newspaper Food Column Writer for 

The Alpenhorn News, Cathy Myers along with Mo's Restaurant Manager.

While at lunch Cathy presented my DH & myself with the article she wrote about her 

upcoming trip to Oregon and featured a recipe of coastline cuisine, 

Clam Slumgullion Chowder and Cheddar Bay Bisquits! 

What an honor that was!!! 

To read Cathy's weekly food article, click on the link below. 

http://alpenhornnews.com/index138.htm

Cookin' Cyn & Magnolia Blossom

Enjoying Frosty Beverages! Those look good! 

From left to right

There she is!!!! MauiGirl, Mike aka Mr. MauiGirl, Christine NICU RN & gammaray

After lunch... back on the bus to Willamette Valley Vineyards near Salem, the State Capital.

OrangeZest & Akis

Group Photo in the Cask Room

From left to right front row

Biker Family, Mis7up & moonkid

Back Row

Randy & Cathy Myers, Cookin' Cyn, me, Christine NICU RN

AVON, Magnolia Blossom, Akis & gammaray

Fermentation Room 

Estate Reserve Bottle

Our Somalier, Steve (far right) was awesome!!!

We had some serious Wine Drinkers in this crowd. 

Does it look good Christine?

After a wonderful tour of the Winery and much sampling... 

We rose our glasses for a toast! 

An amazing end to an amazing day. 

View of the Vineyards and The Willamette Valley

That brought to an end the First Day of the 

Round Up

We had a ball and still had two days left! 

Note: many photos in this blog courtesy of Mis7up and Christine NICU RN

Day 2 of PNW Round Up will be posted tomorrow.