This morning after our walk we drove Anara to the Hilton Vancouver Washington for the opening day of Kumoricon 2014, a major anime convention held annually in the Portland area. The con goes on for three more action packed days.
This afternoon Chris came home a bit early to join us in visiting our friends Arnie and Sue Schaffer, square dancers we met in the Rio Grande Valley. They also have a son who lives in Portland. We were delighted to meet Scott and his wife, Tracey, and their two children (11 and 8).
Their home, built in 1911, is listed in the National Register and has wonderful views of the Vista Bridge and downtown Portland. They have been working to renovate it and to reshape the steep hill in the back into a series of terraces, with shaped and fitted basalt stone walls. It's a work of love, but clearly an ongoing challenge. We had a stimulating conversation on one of the terraces. We were happy to reconnect with our friends and to meet their family. Sue and Arnie will be in Paris, TX, for the TXPACC weekend in October, so we'll see them there.
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