Doc John and Grace Peterson: September 2009

The following pages contain our OR WA trip August 27-September 1, 2009

Japanese Gardens August 28th

One of the first things we did was go to this beautiful Japanese Garden. My mom didn't want to go anywhere. Her feet were soooo tired. So we sat down while, tour guide Paul took everyone else around. It started to rain. My mom wanted to go find a bedroom. Poor thing was always looking for a place to lay her head.

Home cooked meals...

Every night a different family was assigned to cook the dinner meal. That was soooo smart on Paul and Jennie's part. Good organization. Paul and Jennie did shredded pork and baked beans..Kristina and Jonathan did Chinese Hay Stack.. John, Baba, and I did Shrimp and broccoli, and Diana and Jeff did tacos and quesadillas...all the food we had was outstanding. I gained weight! So when I went to the doctors that darn scale lied again!

August 28th Portland Temple

We like to try to go the temple together. That was soooo nice. This is a beautiful temple inside. Even my mom went through a session. She has not wanted to go with me for a while. So this was great for me.

August 29th Multnomah Falls

On Saturday we hiked up the Multnomah Falls. You can see the from the bottom to the top. It was only a 1.25 mile hike up with 11 switch backs...really it was 22 going back and forth...they counted both up and around as one switch back, My mom could only go as far as 1/2 mile up. I was impressed that she got that far. It was pretty tiring. Of course she complained the whole way up. But I persuaded her to walk up one more hill and sit down on the bench and look at the beauty around us. While I sat there John continued up and met the rest of the gang on the top. As you can see you can look down the falls as well. Over all it was a very fun day as a family. It all reminded me of Tantalus (sp) in Hawaii. Lots of trees and clean air. It was really beautiful.