Been There or Not been there?

[Meriweather]

no

Pocatello, ID?

 

[chickapin parterre]

No, to far east for our family reunions. Boise, Stanley, Lowman and then over to Halfway to cut across Oregon.

John Day painted desert? was my google screen saver this morning...

 

[Meriweather]

no

Petrified Forest NP?

 

[chickapin parterre]

I-10 drive by count? Where I hunted in the breaks of the Santiam River there were drainages with petrifed wood. But hey, if a big tree stump at Disneyland is worth the space, then sure...it all looks the same?

Redwood forest?

 

[Meriweather]

yes

Olympic National Park?

 

[BenitaN]

no

Steubenville, Ohio?

 

[Meriweather]

no

Phoenix, AZ?

 

[AppleDumpling]

yes

Newport, RI?

 

[Meriweather]

no

Fort Lauderdale, FL?

 

[chickapin parterre]

no

Lake powell, NV?

 

[Meriweather]

I guess not.....thought it was in UT

St. Charles, ID?

 

[AppleDumpling]

no

Atlantic City, NJ?

 

[Meriweather]

no

Tacoma, WA?

 

[chickapin parterre]

fun city, did an antique show at the dome. loved the way the land gently slopped to the water and the Gholuli glass museum exhbit and the best chowder every....IVARS....so good, you could eat it cold.....and oh, the pink elephant that always waved good bye to me as headed back to Salem after the antique show

Needles,CA?

 

[Meriweather]

yep.......loved Ivar's What's Gholuli glass (I only know Chihuly


Pullman, WA?

 

[chickapin parterre]

.....wow...not only am i missing half of my face.....I guess half of my brain.....Chiluy it is!!!! one of my teacher team mates was an artist and always shared with the patients art trips he went on ...Chilhuy being one of the artist....saw he exhibit at the art musuem....the ocean floor.

summer of 1978 doing Vacation Bible schools in Pullman with a fellow from Illinois and Canada....boy did they love going down the grade into Lewiston.

clarkston ?

 

[Meriweather]

yes.....love Chihuly...........the botanical garden displayed a lot of his works (the Phoenix one) and he has chandeliers on a couple of the Disney ships

DD went to school in Pullman, so many, many trips over that boring terrain to see her

been to Clarkson

Missoula, MT?

 

[chickapin parterre]

almost....they had college debate tournaments....but never went on that trip, it was late into the college quarter and spent weekends caring for my dad.

Berkeley California?

 

[Meriweather]

many times, DH's alma mater

San Jose, CA?

 

[chickapin parterre]

many times, DH's alma mater

San Jose, CA?

so does he have a photo of himself being swiped at by the saber tooth tiger on campus....we didn't make extra rounds for debate, so we enjoyed the thanksgiving weekend saturday walking around campus and telegraph ave greek food...the best greek food I ever had....been searching ever since.. It was a three day event, travel back to Salem on Sunday....we ate thanksgiving at the big seafood place...don't know the name. And I ran the van out of gas on the downslope into the SF from bay bridge....prior driver had not kept tabs on gas.

for a weekend, traveled with my dad to bring his third wife back to oregon, I guess I had nothing better to do that summer. ...so yes...I know the way to San Jose, four decades ago

San Francisco airport hotel?