It was about 4:30 p.m. when I received the call from VIA Rail with what she referred to as "good news". Apparently there had been a rock slide just west of Kamloops that took out a freight train and as a result, we would now have to “bus” to the train in Kamloops. This apparently was the good news. The original plan according to the CN officials was for us to make it down to Vancouver (1 hour drive) so that we could be in Vancouver for the ...

Leaving our hotel on Saturday morning, our original plan was to head to the Puyallup State Fair for the day until we learned that it was Kids Get in Free Day - which quickly changed to the Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie, Washington.  After all, I've never met a casino I didn't like. After all it was only one and a half hours from our hotel and I figured I could get Deb there for the Buffet Brunch - I knew we could make it and did.   After a nice lunch ...

While I always try to pre-plan these little vacations to the best of my ability, should I have thought that there would be no room at the INNS in either Seaside or Cannon Beach under $260.00 per night for a two bedroom with whirlpool tub anywhere in each of these two towns. We arrived early into Cannon Beach to just a glorious, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky day as it's only about one and a half hour drive from Portland. The first thing on the agenda was to go out to t...

Deb and I left early on Thursday morning so that we'd get through customs in a reasonable time. Since Huntington got the Nexus lanes, it really has paid off by eliminating both the southbound and northbound delays. Heading southbound we stopped at the Mount Saint Helens Informmation center to get a sense of the destruction that this eruption caused to the landscape back in May of 1980. Traffic was good southbound so we made good time arriving into Portland area b...

Last night the entire VanDeventer/Forster clan attended the wedding of Barb and Dave's son Christopher and Kristin in Mission last night. The wedding vows were very different and quite nice. I thought I'd send along some pictures of all the festivities last night. Anyone looking for all the shots, send me an email at [email protected]. Special thanks to Barb and Dave for extending us the invitation it was a great night. It was very nice to meet some of the specia...