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Oct. 19 – OR, Portland

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

Day 79 – We spent the evening in Portland, Or visiting my cousins Andy and Tim Bottman. They live in an area that has a really cute small downtown feel to it with great shops and restaurants. Tim and Andy are partners in their small business called Bottman Brothers, where they are using their talents of human scale web services to provide internet services and custom web applications – check out their website www.bottmanbros.com

Our visit was also accompanied by their wives Jenni (Andy’s better half) and Tereza (Tim’s better half) and a new addition to the Bottman family – Jonah who was born on Aug. 11th, such a cute tiny baby!! Tim and Tereza’s baby is quite darling.


cute jonah with a blanket made by his Aunt Jenni, by the way Jenni – loving my hat!!


Uncle Andy w/ Jonah

Dinner was wonderful, we ate at Equinox Restaurant and Lounge (see reviews at our homepage for detailed info.) and this was one of the type of dinners that each bite is mouth watering and savory. I also had a Black Cherry Stout from Walking Man’s Brewery – which was a very tasty stout, more of a dessert beer and quiet sweet. If you are in Portland you have to go here!!!

All of us…

Oct. 18 – WA, Vancouver

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Day 78 – We have been initiated into the Volkswagen club with our first fixing of the van. Yesterday the van decided to have a tantrum and was coughing and jumpy. We pulled over and had to get it towed to Carol’s home where Craig (a great mechanic) helped us get it running. We replaced the coil and the fuel filter, but realized it was just a very dirty distributor. We drove it to the store and all was great… then we went to drive it over to Shelley’s and it was sick again. So, this morning we ended up having to install new points and condenser, and now he is running like a champ 😉 Currently, Henry is getting a new set of tires – he is going to feel like a new guy soon!

Oct. 17 – WA, Vancouver

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 77 - Arrived to Jason’s mom, Carol's, humble abode in Vancouver, Wa. We are spending the week with his mom and his sister, Shelley, who lives only 8 miles away. Shelley’s home is where our cat ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct. 15/16 – WA, Lake Cushman

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 75/76 - This weekend we spent our time at a cabin off of Lake Cushman near the Olympic National Park with Tom, Peggy, Matt, Shelley, and Eric. It was a lot of fun to just hang out ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 13/14 – WA, Lacey

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 73/74 - I finally get to spend some time with my best friends from high school. Kellie and Natalie (Kellie’s kid) picked me up and we dropped Natalie off at her grandma’s – which was nice because ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 12 – WA, Tenino

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 72 - Today we went to visit a vw junk yard to try and get a few spare parts for the vw, but came out empty handed. After a bit of work on the van we went ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct. 11 – WA, Tenino

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 71 – We are now visiting Jason’s dad’s house where Tom (Jason’s dad), Peggy (Jason’s step-mom), and Matt (Jason’s step-brother) live. We got up at 5:00am to go to coffee with Tom – this is what Tom does ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 10 – WA, Shelton

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Day 70 – A big day for us. Dad let us borrow his car, again - thanks dad!!!, to go check out that same van in Portland and purchase it. No one else was able to get ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct. 8/9 – WA, Shelton

Friday, October 21st, 2005
Day 68/69 – This Saturday was swap meet day at S.O.C.K. (Save Our County’s Kids) and we went down to help dad and Sue set up a table for SOCK. They hold a swap meet once a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Oct 7 – WA, Shelton

Friday, October 21st, 2005
Day 67 – Today we borrowed my dad’s car and went to look at a Toyota 4-wheel drive van. We were contemplating buying a more beat up van and fixing it up – unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we couldn’t ... [Continue reading this entry]