Mother's Day takes Flight

Mom has wanted to see the real Spruce Goose ever since it came to Oregon.  So we went on Mother's Day with James and Jeanette in tow  (pun intended, because they met at Speed's Towing, get it, in tow? any who......)

 

The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon is incredible. It is jam packed with originals and reproductions, and everything is completely restored in perfect condition.  There is something from every era. 

 

 The Spruce Goose is huge.This is an attempt to get a picture of it with Jeanette and Jody in the frame, but it is only the under side end of the wing.

Inside the belly of the beast. The Cargo hold of Howard Hughes Spruce Goose, which is made of birch by the way.

 

James takes a biplane for a little spin.

 

Now off to the space museum in the space shuttle.

 

Yes Jody, they did land on the moon. 

They filled the bottom half of the lunar lander with popcorn so they would know if there was too much radiation near the moon. Ok that's not true, but they did land on the moon.

 

To infinity and beyond.

 

Not related to space or air travel, but an amazing part of history to stand in front of.

 A section of the Berlin wall. Yes, "the Hoff" could have performed right above this section.

 

 

 

 

 

Tulip Festival

 

We went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in April.

Mom has always wanted to go, so we finally did it this years.

Along with fields of beautiful tulip, they also had a little fair atmosphere.  Wooden shoe rides, Steam engine tractors, a real wooden shoe maker, (quit flirting Mom) and corndogs.

 

 

Raevon taking some time to smell to tulips.

 

Brea and Raevon deep in a tulip wonderland.

Jody tries on a pair of wooden shoes.

Meatball also tried on a wooden shoe.

 

Steam engines from the turn of the century.

Nerd Convention! - I mean, Portland Comic Con!

You may or may not be shocked to find out that we are major nerds.  This weekend we went to the mother of all nerd conventions, Comic Con.  They had it in Portland for the first time, and it was pretty amazing.  We aren't into comics at all, but the con has evolved over the years to include lots of other pop culture fun, which you know we ARE into.  We saw some celebrities and some awesome costumes.  Many of the costumes we didn't recognize.  Mostly from comics or video games.

Bender from Futurama

Car from the movie Death Proof

Michael Rooker and Norman Reddis,
Merle and Darryl from the Walking Dead TV Show!
We also saw Dean Cain (Superman), Matt & Amy Roloff (Little People Big World), Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Henry Winkler (The Fonz), Boondock Saints, Spike from Buffy, and a couple more I can't think of now.

Leela, Bender and Fry from Futurama



Iron Man.  This costume was made from Yoga Mats!

Captain America

LARGE Japanese character.  Cool costume!

Batman, Joker, Penguin and Riddler

Somebody from something?

I like the Wonder Woman costume with the Ric Rac and Tutu skirt.

 

Oktoberfest

Mount Angel Oktoberfest is this weekend.  Are  you going?  We'll be going on Saturday afternoon.  Polka Music, Chicken Dancing and Tasty food.  What more could you want?

Mount Angel Oktoberfest - Home

View from Mount Angel Abbey 2005

Reagan, Jody and Brea in the Conga line. 2003

Brea and Jody enjoying the musical stylings of Salzberger Echo. 2011.

Raevon enjoying the fun with a pal. 2011

Twins v Oriels

Bottom of the fourth.

UP DATE  Twins won  6-4!!!!