Saturday, August 8, 2009

Sock Summit Chronicles from the Rose City



Hi Everyone! I am here in Portland to attend the Sock Summit. No booth for me just classes, which I am really looking forward to, since I've never taken a knitting class! We arrived in Oregon on Monday, my husband and I, to begin a two week vacation. We spent the first two days in Hood River. Just a beautiful place. We stayed in a really nice bed and breakfast just two blocks from downtown. We walked all over Hood River Monday night when we arrived looking for a place to eat, passing by "Knot another Hat" knit shop on our way, and ending up at the Full Sail Brewery, which was recommended by some friends.



On Tuesday we headed back doewntown to check out the yarn shop. It was just delightful and of course, I bought some yarn! Pictures will come later. We ventured out towards Mount Hood to visit some wineries, and some fruit stands. We bought several bottles of wine to ship back home, and we found an alpaca farms along the way. Several lovely skeins of alpaca yarn found their way into my possession. So I have 10 skeins of yarn and the Sock Summit has not even begun.

We managed to have lunch with our best friends from home who were passing through Hood River on their way back home to Maryland having just picked up their son from a summer internship at a law firm in Portland. We ended up at the Full Sail again, and managed to ferret away a few cases of their beer in Bill and Barb's car so we could enjoy it at home.



The next morning, we started back towards Portland by made several stops along the way along the Scenic route at waterfalls and Bonneville Dam. There were amazing roses there, and since my son let me use one of his cameras, I got some amazing rose pictures, that I cannot believe I actually shot.

More to come tomorrow after all my classes are done. So far, I've learned a lot, and met some very nice folks!


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