A Day With Friends

When Dad and I dropped in on Colleen in Albany, and John and Charlotte in Salem, it seemed like we were visiting old friends. It is interesting that such connections can be formed in such a short time, and I believe it is a testament to the significance of this trip and the effect it has had on us all.

Before leaving the hotel in Eugene Dad reviewed John's collection for items of importance to photocopy at Office Depot. In the end we copied almost the entire binder.




After overheating the Office Depot copier (and getting some great tax-free deals from the clearance table!) we hit the road to Albany and experienced some wild weather patterns...I think we experienced the entire "spring collection"...










We arrived at Colleen's without being swept away and had a great time collecting eggs and memories.



Colleen Showing Dad where eggs come from...ha ha!




The prize producers come through again...




Getting briefed on even more history...some of it very entertaining!




This chest came with Colleen's family by covered wagon on their march west...




All too soon it was time to go. Until the next time Colleen...thanks so much for everything!




After our farewells in Albany we headed north to Salem to meet with John and Charlotte. The afternoon's visit was full of maps, pictures, fascinating stories, and a Model T.







Tomorrow we hit the archives in Hillsboro to try to track down the last years and final resting place of Aaron L. Chamberlin. We know his daughter Maude is buried at Tualatin Plains Cemetery here in town so we might get lucky and find him there also. We will then continue on to Vernonia where Ellen Claire is buried to see if there may be further family there. We are planning to find ourselves close to Canada by the end of the day but it will be truly hard to pull ourselves away from the great state of Oregon...