portland

Touchstones

When someone asks us how things are “really” going, I find it hard to say for sure. The kids seem to be rolling with the transitions from place to place pretty well. We encounter the occasional meltdown over fish sticks, wasted water (some of us are becoming very Eco-conscious), or the lack of elephants at…

We thought Bend, Oregon needed another day or two of exploration, but the road called and we were excited to head to Portland, where my (Andrew’s) cousin Geoffrey, his partner Anna and their beautiful four-year-old daughter, Elise, awaited us. Before departing Bend, we enjoyed one of our best breakfasts of the trip at Cafe Magie,…