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 14th. 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)
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