Our Fairy Tale Week-End

Saturday morning, Gus and I watched the sunrise from 36,000 feet as we flew towards Portland!

Beau and Gus In the Cockpit

By lunchtime, Gus was standing

on the beach at Seaside, Oregon.


Cessna Citation Mustang
1:30 Sunday afternoon. The trip is over.

Gus and I met Beau at the airport at 7:00 Saturday morning. Once we landed in Portland, Beau loaned us his car and never gave us any limitations as to where we could go. Just like two little kids, we bought a map and headed towards the ocean on Highway 26.

It was a very emotional moment for us when we stood at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Life in general is an emotional moment for us.

We ate lunch in Seaside and then continued north along Highway 101 until Astoria. We followed Highway 30 back along the Columbia River, stopping for homemade pie in Westport.

The restaurant was called Berry Patch and they had photos and videos on early logging in the area. We so enjoyed listening to the history. Gus was in the sawmill business for 18 years before we moved to Montana. He still has a special love for logging and what men went through to get that product to the sawmill.

After our pie, we continued back to Portland to find our hotel. We stayed at the Hilton in downtown Portland. Sunday morning, we picked Beau up at his condo and the three of us flew home. We were back at the Twin Bridges airport by 1:30 Sunday afternoon.

Our anniversary week-end was a story written from a fairy tale.