PSU Farmer's Market

We are staying at Clackamette Park in Oregon City, just south of Portland. The RV park is pretty basic, but the river is beautiful.

We were taking our bikes over to Chris's, so we moved the bike rack and got out the new hitch pin receiver lock we bought yesterday, only to find out that the shaft was too large to fit through the holes in the receiver. The lock we've been using wouldn't work because the shaft is not long enough to go through the 3" receiver and adapter sleeve and still have enough sticking out for the lock to fit on.

Now what? We needed something to fasten the bike rack to the truck. Then we realized that the pin we had would work--we just couldn't use it to secure the cable lock--the loop on the end of the cable was too thick. We ran the cable through the bikes and then used a padlock to secure the loop back to the cable. Not the way the thing was intended to work, but it got the job done.

We got to Chris's a bit later than we had hoped, but Annie had just finished breakfast, so all was well. Shawn was at her art class. The rest of us biked down to the PSU Farmer's Market. It's a large and impressive market, even this early in the season. We saw lots of cherries and strawberries.

We rode home from the market, only to discover that Ken had lost his Grand Canyon water bottle somewhere along the ride, unfortunately.

Chris fixed a Mexican lunch. It was all ready when Shawn came home from her art class. She had painted an interesting Western landscape, which her teacher suggested she frame for an upcoming show.

After lunch we went to say hi to some of Chris's friends who were playing games in their backyard. They have two chickens, and naturally Annie was happy to help feed them. Michael and Kathryn are planning to be married the Monday after we return from the Alaska cruise. Chris and Shawn have been taking East Coast swing dance lessons so they can dance at the wedding.

Then we walked over to Washington High School to see the Pedalpalooza Star Wars vs. Star Trek ride gathering. The organizer had a bike fitted with a complete sound system that was booming appropriate music. We had hoped for more extensive costuming, but it certainly looked and sounded like everyone was having fun.

We all went out to Clackamette Park for supper and to give Chris and Shawn and Annie a chance to see our new Majestic. It was fun to show it off. After supper we played a railroad game called Paris Connection. It turned out close, but of course Chris won.

We took a walk along the river, which was full of boats. A jet boat similar to one that Chris and Annie and Ken and I took in 2009 was passing by. The pilot thrilled his passengers by turning quickly and spraying everyone (that's part of the fun).

For dessert we had strawberries and blueberries with some Blue Bunny Rocky Road ice cream.


When we finished our shopping at the Farmer's Market, I went into one of the academic buildings to use the restroom. There's something special about a campus, and being in an academic building brought lots of memories flooding back. Molly is still planning to attend PSU. When she and Terri visited recently, they took an extensive tour of the school.