Sunday, August 23, 2009

Columbia River Gorge

This past weekend we went down to Oregon via the Lewis and Clark Highway, which looked out onto the Columbia River that divides the Oregon and Washington state lines. We stopped at the Mary Hill Winery, which is the first winery I have ever been too, and then we went and visited a replica of Stonehenge. There were about 30 cars that went on this tour with us. We had a blast with the Corvette Club and hopefully at the next meeting we will be official members. We look forward to all the adventures that lay ahead of us in the Corvette club and all the friends that we will meet!















Sunday, August 16, 2009

He's Gonna Be A Big Boy!!!



Our little boy is growing up so fast. We took him to the vet to get some more vaccines over the weekend and he already weighs over 17 pounds!!! I wish he would stay this size forever. I don't think I can handle him being any bigger. He is a great puppy! He hasn't had too many accidents in the house and he loves being outside. He plays with all his toys and gives us the best greeting when we come home! We just love him to death!


He loves to give me hugs...not really but he lets me give them to him!



He is a super smart little puppy!


We are leaving in a week for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and are both so excited. We are both so ready to spend a whole week together without work and call...we wish that Wrecks could come with us :(

Hang On!

A couple of months ago we were getting in the corvette after seeing a movie and a guy came up and asked us if we were from around here. Doug and I looked at each other because we weren't sure what the guy wanted. The guy kept talking and invited us to come to a corvette club meeting the following Wednesday. Doug was pumped about joining the club. We attended the meeting and met some really nice people. They go on trips, short and long, all across Washington. In order to be an official member you have to attend two tours and two meetings. They have meetings once a month and maybe one or two qualifying tours a month. So far we have gone to two meetings and one tour...Almost official members!

The tour that we attended a few weeks ago was driving to Mount St. Helens. We had an awesome time. The roads were nice and curvy...Doug's favorite kind. Doug likes to hug the corners and while I like to hold on for dear life. He paid attention to the road and I was staring off the cliff that we could potentially fall off! We drove in a caravan with about 18 other corvettes. It was a really neat experience. If anyone comes and visits us in the summer time I think a trip to Mount St. Helens will be on the agenda of things to do!

Here is a video of some of the drive. It is kinda long...but you get the picture!

Making our way to the lookout point.
We made it!!! Doug was in heaven with all the other corvettes!
This is the best picture that I got of the mountain. I was too busy trying to hold on. Doug was in charge of the camera when we got to the top and I thought that he had taken pictures....but he didn't. One whole side of the mountain is gone, but it is actually trying to build itself back up!
The next tour that we are attending in the next couple of weeks is to the Columbia River. The Columbia River divides Washington and Oregon. On Saturday we are going to drive on the Oregon side and then on Sunday we will drive back on the Washington side. We have never been to Oregon and are both really excited for the trip!