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On Vacation

I'm on vacation... not much blogging unless I find a quiet moment and so far that ain't happening all that much :-) We left home in Pleasanton California on Wednesday and drove to Roseburg Oregon where we spent the night, on Thursday we stayed in Roseburg and went to the Wildlife Safari there, that was very cool as we drove among the animals. I'll post pictures later. In the afternoon we went to a couple of wineries in the area and sampled some of their wines, I was pleasantly surprised at how good they were! On Friday we drove up to Springfield Oregon where we met my late sister Lisa's granddaughter, McKenzie. She is five and is adorable. Pictures from there later as well. After the stop in Springfield we continued up to Oregon City where we had steak dinner with my cousin Dan and his wife Connie and their kids Travis and Nicole. And that is where we are now, in Oregon City for the day today and then off to the coast on Sunday afternoon after church.

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