Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Oregonians

Howdy from Oregon!! 



Driving up the coast is beautiful!! We're in Oregon and it is amazing!! Coming into the city is beautiful! Tons of valleys, rivers, bridges and trees!! Our first stop was to the International Rose Garden! There were acres of beautiful roses, bigger than my hand!! It was really neat to see Mack in his element again!! - For those of you who don't know, Mack and I loved to Minnesota where he worked with Len Busch Roses as a Production Manager. He was in charge of 15 or so greenhouses and employees with acres of roses. I loved it because I got "trash roses" that were still beautiful!!- 



Our next stop was to the Portland Saturday Market. We walked around, got to see tons of beautiful local artists designs and eat some yummy food. Walking down a row I realized I was walking right NEXT TO Michelle Franklin!! Winner of Season 11 Project Runway!! She is so cool!! She was talking so I didn't want to bother her and when I turned around to say hi she was gone! She's tiny and quick but it was really neat to see her!! As tourists of course- we had to attend the Portland Beer Festival & we had to stop and eat at VooDoo Donuts-YUMMY!! 



The Beer Festival was so fun!! We tried tons of 4 oz beers, the only one I tried was Grapefruit and it was good!! 

Lauren always finds amazing stuff for us to do! I am not a huge fan of large metropolitan areas, like Portland, but this beer festival was a little slice of chocolate flavored, scotch barrel aged, fruit flavored goodness! Definitely worth the trip and has made Portland one of my favorite cities we've visited so far! 


We got to stay in a nice hotel after 11 days of the rooftop tent! And it was awesome! 

Now..up the coast we go! Washington is next. 

Stay tuned & God Bless!

McGowens on The Move,

Mack, Lauren, Jake and Cheyanne

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  1. UnknownAugust 20, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Mack and Lauren,
    It was so nice to meet fellow Texans in Canada! Typical Texans...rarely meet a stranger. I'm glad to see your travels went well, and hope you all made it home safely. Great pictures, I see you all had a great time. We enjoyed our trip to Canada, Oregon, and Washington as well. We are looking forward to Nevada and California next summer, so if you have any tips...pass them on!
    Jeff, Tina, Jenna, and Tyler Cook

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    1. McGowensMarch 2, 2014 at 8:39 PM

      This is wonderful! We had a fabulous time! California was beautiful! Take Hwy 1 and enjoy the slow drives and back roads! San Fran was neat to see but in a truck was difficult. We loved Canada and can't wait to go back! How was y'all's trip? Go through my "California" post- there were beautiful beach spots along the road totally to yourselves, and a camp site outside of Half Moon bay where we fell asleep to the ocean waves! Hoover Dam in Nevada was amazing and of course the Grand Canyon if you're going that way.

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