Friday Steven (bouaboua) and his wife, Irene, and I travelled to Oregon to visit Cowboy Ken and Maggie. We really had a lot of fun. Saturday morning Maggie took us to a Farmer's Market that some vendors in Corvallis set up every week-end. There was a booth were the gal and her mom sold fresh, home-baked breads and pastries. Those were some awfully good do-nuts. Lot's of flower and vegetable vendors. Several street performers.
I'm just going to show my pictures in the order I took them. I may occasionally type in a comment. I'll start with the rental car (that's Steven in the red jacket):
Saturday morning Maggie took us to a week-end Farmer's Market. It's too bad I was flying because I saw lots of plants I would have liked to buy. This is Maggie and Steven and a view of the set- up:
This picture shows Irene on the left, and the next few are just more Farmer's Market pictures. Prices were pretty darned high...a whole dollar for one zucchini. I don't know how many are in a pound, but the price for them here is $1.29 a pound:
After our do-nut we went to a bird rescue and sanctuary. I wasn't real thrilled with the overall set up, but the gal really knew her stuff about the animals she had rescued. The tortoises shown in the tubs and tables also had outdoor pens, however, it was still pretty cold outside.
Quite a few of the birds were free flying, and there was this one little peach-faced lovebird that wanted to adopt Steven:
As we were leaving we saw this cat hunting in the tall grass:
Then we met up with Cowboy Ken and went to a reptile rescue and sanctuary. This is where my camera ran out of space and I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. There was a large building and when they opened the garage-type door, this HERD of sulcatas came rushing out. There must have been 15 or 20 of them. I hope one of our other group members will post their pictures of the sulcatas. My pictures start with a view from the little wooden bridge we had to cross to get to the reptiles. Such a pretty setting. I'd love to have a creek running through my property:
And here's proof that Maggie's alligator is bigger than (was it Keven or Mike, I don't remember):
By this time it was about 2p and we were all very hungry, so we went to a restaurant. We had a few odds and ends to start, then we each ordered a main dish, but we all put ours onto the middle of the table and we all shared. This was such a good idea.
At the end of the evening, Steven told me he had a bigger memory card and he gave it to me. So this is my last picture. Cowboy Steven waving good-bye. We really had a great time!! (that's the other cowboy behind the flowers):
I'm just going to show my pictures in the order I took them. I may occasionally type in a comment. I'll start with the rental car (that's Steven in the red jacket):
Saturday morning Maggie took us to a week-end Farmer's Market. It's too bad I was flying because I saw lots of plants I would have liked to buy. This is Maggie and Steven and a view of the set- up:
This picture shows Irene on the left, and the next few are just more Farmer's Market pictures. Prices were pretty darned high...a whole dollar for one zucchini. I don't know how many are in a pound, but the price for them here is $1.29 a pound:
After our do-nut we went to a bird rescue and sanctuary. I wasn't real thrilled with the overall set up, but the gal really knew her stuff about the animals she had rescued. The tortoises shown in the tubs and tables also had outdoor pens, however, it was still pretty cold outside.
Quite a few of the birds were free flying, and there was this one little peach-faced lovebird that wanted to adopt Steven:
As we were leaving we saw this cat hunting in the tall grass:
Then we met up with Cowboy Ken and went to a reptile rescue and sanctuary. This is where my camera ran out of space and I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. There was a large building and when they opened the garage-type door, this HERD of sulcatas came rushing out. There must have been 15 or 20 of them. I hope one of our other group members will post their pictures of the sulcatas. My pictures start with a view from the little wooden bridge we had to cross to get to the reptiles. Such a pretty setting. I'd love to have a creek running through my property:
And here's proof that Maggie's alligator is bigger than (was it Keven or Mike, I don't remember):
By this time it was about 2p and we were all very hungry, so we went to a restaurant. We had a few odds and ends to start, then we each ordered a main dish, but we all put ours onto the middle of the table and we all shared. This was such a good idea.
At the end of the evening, Steven told me he had a bigger memory card and he gave it to me. So this is my last picture. Cowboy Steven waving good-bye. We really had a great time!! (that's the other cowboy behind the flowers):
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