We went to the Thirsty Lion restaurant with its British cuisine to accompany the British novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. The book was overly long with a convoluted plot. Most people did not even reach the half way point. I myself cheated and only read the second half, so I at least knew the ending.
On a cloudy Monday morning Emily and Jasmine left for outdoor school at Camp Mumanu. We all scurried onto the bus to be seated for an hour drive all the way near Mt. Hood. When we got there it was about 12pm so we ate lunch and then took a tour of the campsite. There were two cabin areas.
After we had a tour of the place, we got our cabins assigned. I bunked with my friend Trynity. I got bottom and she got top. Then we got into groups with our cabins. And some went on a hike, some did Oregon history, some did nature stuff, etc.
On Wednesday we left at 11am and got back to school at 12pm in time for the school party.
Easter was a fun time for the family. Emily’s cousin from New York state visited for the holiday. The Easter bunny came like he\she was supposed to and gave everyone the appropriate amount of candy and also hid my eggs that I decorated. Sadly though my mom had to leave that morning to work.
And I had to take my Aunt Virginia to Hood River. I was sad she had to go because I lover her company. When we went to the Hood River we saw baby trout and also big sturgeon. Then we went to lunch at a restaurant called Big Horse pub, which was fun. Then the fun was gone because we had to take her to the hotel for a writing workshop.
But on the way home my dad took me to McDonald’s to get fries and sundaes.
My cousin Virginia stopped by to visit over Easter weekend on her way to a writers conference a few hours outside Portland. We took her to the Rose Test Gardens which were not in bloom, but other spring flowers made up for it with color.
As Virginia is a published writer, we HAD to go to Powell’s (it is The City Of Books after all) and her book was there on the shelves. It was just fun to sit and enjoy some Stumptown coffee and catch up on our lives. It ended too quickly with a final stop by our famous Multnomah Falls.
