So Long Salem... Hello LA!

Well Monday was my last day in Oregon, and it turned into a pretty darned good one. Had a lazy morning at Kris' and then took a drive up towards Portland, and decided to check out McMenamins, in Edgefield and I gotta tell ya, it was quite a treat. Originally built in 1911 as the County POOR HOUSE, it was a pretty impressive estate. At one time it also served as a sanatorium and currently boasts a 100+ room Hotel, a Brewery, Winery AND Distillery! Talk about one stop shopping... Kris sampled some wine, then we went for a "snack" and had Greek Pizza and I had the Brewer's Sampler of 7 tasty Ales and Beers. Good fun - I think on a future visit to Oregon it'll have to include a stay there, and a chance to take in the Spa.

After that it was over to Cousin Sherry's for a brief visit before heading to SALTY'S on the Columbia river with Sherry, her husband Joe and his Mom visiting from Texas, along with another Cousin, Linda Elaine and her husband John. Linda will be heading to Maui to meet her Mom (Aunt Elaine) and Sister Cece the end of the month. Dinner was a treat as was the terrific sunset. Spent the night at the La Quinta Inn and Kris dropped me off at PDX this morning and it was off to LAX - where JC picked me up. Clear skies and warm weather greeted me upon arrival, so things look promising.

Got this little tid-bit from Son Carl. A nice little article about his car in Mustang Monthly - check it out. A little side note - Carl's got himself a job working for Shelby American... kind of a dream come true for a Mustang owner... he even got his car "signed" by Mr. Shelby himself last week... Ahhh, Boyz and their Toyz!

And speaking of Cars... I'd like to make a little plug for my Friend Sam Kaskanian, and Sam's Autoland. You can (and if you would PLEASE do) vote for Sam for BEST Auto-Body Shop in LA. CLICK-HERE to visit the voting site. Sam is gracious enough to host a Hospitality Suite every year at the Long Beach Grand Prix, but more importantly, several years ago, after Mom & Dad had a little "incident" with their car, Sam's Guy's fixed it up one afternoon, just like new! You can also catch JC Agajanian in some of the clips from the TV show, "Best of LA" Check it out and please make a vote, as Sam can use it this year... appreciate your support.

Well - Jay tells me we're "off to Home Depot" to get some paint. They're remodeling the "game room" downstairs and evidently the dry-wall guy is finishing up today and the painter starts tomorrow... gotta go, see ya bye...

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato