The sun has had his hat on!

We think Spring might finally have arrived in the Pacific North West. We spent Easter weekend at Canon Beach – where they filmed The Goonies. The weather was really good on the first evening we arrived and we managed to walk along the cliff tops at Ecola State Park on the Saturday. There is no national holiday on Good Friday or Easter Monday though so we had to go to work knowing that everyone in England had bonus time off! 

This weekend the weather has been absolutely lovely. We spent Saturday afternoon at the Vancouver Historic Reserve – where the old fort and the Officers' houses remain, then walked along the riverfront to a bar called Beaches for a well deserved beer in the sunshine. 

Sunday, we drove to Portland, met up with Sara and spent the afternoon having a Picnic in Waterfront Park. We had a very

 surreal moment; whilst we were playing Frisbee, three people strolled passed playing guitars and singing Cheryl Crow. I felt like I was on the set of Dawson’s Creek!!

We had good news with our UK house sale last week too – it all completed on 14^th. It was such a relief as it had been going on for ages.

The best thing however was the arrival of a package from the UK. It was full of pictures, letters and food from our friends (we do have supermarkets here but they sell some odd stuff like spray on egg!). Thanks so much for it guys – it was like Christmas.

Love Liz (and Ed)

Up Eagle Creek without a paddle

We went up Eagle Creek yesterday, for those of you that have 

be paying attention we have already been there but we went with Sue this time. A couple of months make a massive difference and the river was a lot higher and faster than in February, mainly due to the snow melt coming down from the mountain.The weather was lot warmer as well and the legs saw their first bit of sun. 

Last time the river was lower so you could walk out and see Punch Bowl falls from the river bed, this time to do it you had to wade in the river, i convinced Liz this would be a good idea but quickly realised it wasn't as the freezing water turned our feet blue but we persevered and got a good shot of the water fall before quickly running back. Our exploits seemed to be infectious though and soon the world and his wife were taking their shoes and socks off.

Today we went to a tulip festival about 40 minutes south of Portland in Oregon, the tulips weren't fully out though as up until this weekend the weather has been quite cold but you could see that it will be amazing in a couple of weeks. We did find a pair of shoes to fit my feet though whilst we were there.

Ed & (Liz)