Our visit to see Andrew, Kristie and Tessa

May 10 to 18, 2010

TEXT TO FOLLOW

Double click to enlarged pictures.

Tessa with one of her more serious poses.



Genevieve combining two of her favourite pastimes - quality time with Tessa and shopping.



Tessa in her bedroom.



Genevieve relishes every moment with her beautiful grand daughter.



Tessa enjoys getting out and running on her visit to the farm.



Is this an indication that she may take up chicken farming?



Andrew and Kristie's back yard. Kristie really enjoys gardening and she has turned this area in to a very beautiful spot with all the flowers, trees and shrubs.



Andrew noticed a lot of wasps near his hot tub. Upon closer inspection we found a huge nest. It took three cans of spray and over three days to get rid of all the pests.



Sususi



Danger



We visted the Columbia River Gorge for a few days and stayed at the Bonneville Hots Spring Spa and Resort. It was a very nice place and each room had its own hot tub to enjoy in private at any time.



Leaving the Resort to do a bit of sightseeing.



In front of the Bonneville Dam Spillway.



Bob in front of the Dam's Interpretation Center.



Tessa really enjoyed this fountain near the Fish Hatchery.



Hermon the Sturgeon was 11 feet long and weighted over 400 pounds. Tessa was fascinated when he swam past the viewing window.

A view of the spectacular scenery of the Columbia River Gorge from the Washington side.



Another view a few miles closer to the coast.



The Oregion Wine Press anticipated our visit and published this cartoon in the May 2010 Issue of their Journal.




The Burkes enjoying their Wine.

Ditto

Maryhill was one of the wineries we visited.



Bob and Genevieve on the Maryhill patio deck.



Genevieve with Mount St. Helens in the background.



A panorama of Mount St. Helens taken from a nearby look off.



A closeup of Mount St. Helens.



A view of the Toutle River with Mount St. Helens in the background.



This photo shows the debris that still remains in the Toutle River from the May 18, 1980 eruption.



The signature airplane in Cabelas Lacey Washington store.



One of the displays in the Cabelas store.