Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Vacation Time...


Last week I took an Adventure Tour with Aunt Shirley and Cousin Sue. We spent a night at the Columbia Gorge Hotel, toured the Pittock Mansion in Portland, and went to the Singing Christmas Tree at the Keller Auditorium in Portland. It was such a wonderful trip...lots of nice people on the bus and many intersting things to experience.

When they presented the Christ Child...it gave me shivers! The music was phenominal!

They changed scenes on a whim. Very quickly...I think they projected the images.

This was the opening with Santa. All of the voices together was really something

Here is Aunt Shirley with Kathy, our Tour Director.

Here is Sue at the Pittock Mansion. We sat out in the yard and had an awesome view of downtown Portland and Mount Hood. Wow!

The Pittock Mansion.

Downtown Portland view from the mansion.

Mount Hood and Portland view from the mansion.

The Christmas Tree that greeted us as we entered the lobby of the Columbia Gorge Hotel was really something! It was huge and so elegant.

Our evening at the hotel was celebrated with a "complimentary" champagne. Cheers!

After our dinner, Sue and I walked outside on the grounds and took a photo of the beautiful light display that they put up for everyone to enjoy.
My word to everyone who hasn't stayed at the Columbia Gorge Hotel....YOU MUST!!! It was great. I loved my trip with all the ladies and gents...it is a "must do" again!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great pictures. Looks like a fun trip!