grants pass.

 {picture of jack at the caveman bridge on the rogue river in grants pass, or}

my mom's mom meredith {i call her grammenner because grandma meredith was a mouthful with a childhood lisp} lives on the river in oregon with her lovely husband, roy. jack and i drove up to visit them last week! 

h i g h l i g h t s 

of our trip include:

 roy & grammenner took us on an amazing river boat excursion with the destination being an all you can eat champagne brunch in a beautiful lodge. it was seriously beyond-words-fabulous. we saw hawks, eagles, deer, osprey, heron, and gorgeous river homes.

the lodge.

us on the boat!

 waterfall at the lodge.

we were soaked!!

 grammenner's kitty, gracie. she bit jack. but she sure is pretty!

 

view of grammenner's house from the riverbed.

 contemplating how to cross.

  

 washing off river feet. 

 my favorite wall in grammenner's front yard.

 i fell in love this super darling five-fingered-fern. if i could manage to keep anything alive but a cactus & a palm tree, i'd adopt one.

i read my book with the sound of the rushing river in the background. heaven.

{highlight not pictured: i did my makeup every morning in the upstairs vanity seat with a window looking out on the river. i thought i had died and gone to heaven. to put things in perspective, i usually do my makeup on the bus or under florescent lighting to the sound of buses...ugh, i am SO over the bay area.}

 we had so much fun during a sudden torrential downpour lightening storm while we were there. 

a transformer blew at 4:30pm & the power went out. our apple pie was 5 minutes from being done in the oven. the power company couldn't fix the transformer until the middle of the night, so we just played cards and ate snacks by candlelight until bedtime. roy barbecued steaks and we still ate fabulously {salad, bread, and corn on the cob made on the gas stove}. it was a the best thing that could have happened that night. there is something about the power being out that brings everyone together in the best way. we totally had to batten down the hatches.

royful keeping score to our game!

there is nothing like a weekend at grammenner's house, and we can't wait to go back.

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...annnnd a picture of sushi just because i lurrrrve her. heh heh.