2017 Trip – Blog #13 – Our Anniversary

         

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017…..   We must have had a good rest last night because we both got up earlier than usual this morning.  So we got ready and left to head north to spend the day in Salem.  We decided to drive through Lebanon on the way and even though we stayed away from the house, we wanted to find a good breakfast place close to the new house.  We found Appletree Restaurant about a mile down the road from Oak Creek Way.  It was really good and I liked their gravy. Afterward, we drove the 36 miles to Salem and located the shopping malls and larger box stores plus we found the emergency room/hospital for future reference.  We stopped at Kmart and then drove back through Lebanon to locate another rv park I found online.  It’s a smaller park, with only 21 sites and will be full from now through the holiday, but we made note of it as it’s only a few miles from our house. It’s called Gills Landing and it’s right on the Santiam River with nice sites and good rates.

          

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017…..  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US! 49 years! We didn’t do anything until late morning when we headed off to visit the Owen Rose Garden in Eugene. It was not very big nor was it well maintained (guess they don’t get enough volunteers) but it was pretty.

After that we decided to go find the local square dance hall around Eugene.  It’s actually in Springfield but the two cities pretty much touch other. 

We might decide to go visit one night before we move north.  We looked into either a brewery or a nice Italian place for our anniversary dinner.  Lydia found Plank Town Brewing on the web and it had good reviews so we went there.  It was early so it wasn’t crowded.  We hadn’t eaten lunch but neither of us wanted a big dinner.  Lydia chose a cheeseburger and I had the Apple and Pork Dip sandwich w/apple and swiss cheese on ciabatta w/beer cheese jus. It was REALLY good! House beer was Plankster Pale Lager and I liked that as well.  Afterward, we made our way back home but we made a stop (more of a drive by) to a John Deere store to scope out the lawnmowers.  I’m still having dreams about mowing that property! Once we got home, Lydia called the kids and told them that we are putting money into Jeff’s checking account as our wedding gift to them.  That way they can plan out what they want to do with it. Later, we stayed up late and had a nice time together watching tv.