New stove of heaven.

We finally got a new stove. Yay!! I am so excited to cook now. I told Lance that I would cook everyday and so I plan on doing that. The best part is it has an extra large burner so with ease and quickness I can heat up the big, giant canner or the big, giant brew pot. The other cool thing is I don't have to light the burners with a match half the time. Hopefully I can keep her nice and new and clean looking.

Portland

My cousin lives in Portland and had invited us up there a couple of times. I don't know why we hadn't gone sooner we had so much endless fun. We hiked in the Colombia River Gorge, ate bacon doughnuts, drank lots of good beer, went to Edgefield where they make their own gin, enjoyed an afternoon at the Saturday Market, checked out the Rogue Nation, and drove to the coast for some serious beauty and rest. On top of all of that my cousin had such a marvelous place for us to stay.