November 19th

This morning we were up early so we could meet with our friends Brian & Rita for our trip to the Quilt Show in Portland.  They got here just after 8:00 AM and we were on our way.  It was about a 2 hour drive but the last 5 miles took us almost 30 minutes.  The traffic going over the bridge on I-5 to Portland was stop and go, we got to the Expo Center with no problems and the girl's were ready to go shopping.

Yes the two of them were ready to see what they could find here.  Brian and I were here to help carry things when they bought stuff.  They both seem to have a great day and see a lot of neat ideas.

Looking for patterns and getting ideas.

Cyndy said that this place was only half the size of the Puyallup Quilt show that she has been to.  After 4 hours Brian & I were about ready to go and the girls had seen everything.  So off we went heading to a early dinner at the Crab Pot just about 4 miles from here on the Washington side of the river.  We have never been here before but Brian & Rita like it a lot.

 I had Shrimp, Fish and Chips, it had a real light beer better and was real good.

Cyndy had Shrimp Alfredo and she said it had a lot of shrimp and was very good Alfredo sauce.  So all in all I would have to rate this as a strong 4 plus for stopping back here again.

As we were heading back home poor Rita was all tuckered out and need to take a short nap.

 It really turned out to be a great day as far as weather goes, here we are going back over the Columbia River from Longview, WA.

 I got a couple of pictures of the sun setting and the color was great.

 We all had a good day and tomorrow I take the truck to the shop here in Longview to find out why my belt is squealing so bad.  Hope it is an easy fix!!!!!  Then we will head out to Brian & Rita's and see what kind of trouble we can get into.