tonight was special. Shosh, krisitne and shannon had planned out a surprise birthday party for rebar..   .. he was totally surprised when he came ho,e to find their  house full of freinds !

it turns out that it was also Gizzo’s birthday !!!

Then out came the cake /. and of course ice cream.. (never a party without ice cream when ben’s around 🙂 

Great party for two great people !

nite all, nite sam

-me

woke to  a cool  and wet vermont  morning. Saw trilliums on our run.. Even a pretty rar pink and white one !

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me

We walked over to gabes early this morning.. and he drove us to the airport.. It had been a great visit.. 

Trip home was long .. and uneventfull..

Landed in BTV with cool rain.. and lots of earthworms. 

Nice to be home !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Todays big event was a hike on Coyote Wall in teh Colmbia gorge. We were goign out to see the wildeflowers that are now in full bloom on some parts of the gorge. Oour good freind Bridget is now living in Portland.. so we invited her and her dog tony along..

It was a nice hour and a half or so drive out.. bast multunomah falls a

Coyote falls is on the Washington side of the gorge.. The parkign lot was nearly full.. but we were able to find one of the last spaces. 

It was a nice stepp uphill that is covered in small brush and is often  used by mountain bikes.  The hike up had many great views !

 

 

Pretty soon we started to see floweres.. and it got only more beutiful from there !

 

One the way down we ran into Mel and soem of her freinds Nova saw Mel first and made a beeline for her (Mel is one of her favorite people !)

 

Gabe stopped to pick up soem scummy water for his microscopic looking

 

We were starving when we got down.. so we stopped at our favorite fish and chips palce on the way home near the bridge of the gods

 

We got home .. and gabe showed us the changing of his rock grindr.. pretty cool seeing the intermediate steps

 

THen one more simple meal out ..   and a goodbye to nova

then we finsihed watching oppenheimer.. .. such a great..(and long movie !

 

Heading home in the morning

nite all, nite sam

-me