Friday, June 01, 2018

Traveling

Even though I am traveling this week, I wanted to try to put up my Friday Fave Fives here at Willows Cottage.  I'll do my best to keep up the conversations, but I may be late.  This weekend is my high school reunion celebration and is of course why I have been traveling back to my hometown.

1.-2.  When Californians travel, we always note two things.  Is there snow on the mountains?  The Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades.  We were thrilled to see lots of snow on Mt. Shasta in Northern California.



There was also much more water in Shasta Lake, which means more stored water in California!




3. I love my home state of Oregon and it always thrills me when we finally arrive at the Oregon-California border.  I watch for the State of Jefferson sign on the barn and the cow and calf sculptures in the pasture, and I know we're almost there.




4.  The flora in the Pacific Northwest is so different from Southern California where we have tumbleweeds, palm trees, cactus and sage.  The PNW has rhododendrons! (I might miss these beautiful bushes like this one blooming in my brother's garden!)


5. But the best part of this trip will be seeing all our long time friends from school and church!

12 comments:

Sara at Come Away With Me said...

Enjoy your visit to one of my favorite places - the PNW!!

ellen b. said...

Love seeing Shasta Lake so nice and full. Reunion year...I'm headed to my 50th in October in Montebello. Have fun!

Faith said...

Yay for reunions! My 40th high school reunion is in the autumn this year and i just might travel back to my hometown. I have only been to my college 10 yr reunion back when our oldest was first conceived. 😀

Enjoy every moment. Someday we want to get to Portland Oregon.

Happy weekend!

Anonymous said...

Even when I was a child, Mt. Shasta was always eagerly looked for, so I totally relate. I loved the amazingly deep blue hydrangeas I saw in Oregon, everywhere it seemed. Mary

Willow said...

Mary, the hydrangeas in Oregon have those deep blue flowers because of the soil. I love them!

Gracie Saylor said...

Lovely photos that evoke good memories for me, too! Have a lovely visit, and thanks for posting. xx

Susanne said...

Such gorgeous pics of the mountains and lakes! Good news about the snow caps and filled lakes for California! Oh my that flower bush...amazing.

Jill Foley said...

My graduate school violin teacher had the most beautiful garden in North Carolina. Years later I learned she was originally from Portland and when I moved here myself, I understood why her garden looked the way it did...she was recreating the lush beauty found here in Oregon! Rhododendrons, azaeleas and so much more!

Wendy said...

Lovely pics. Enjoy your reunion and family time. Safe travels.

Karen said...

We were traveling last week (I did a post on it) to Santa Fe and Taos. I referred back to your post for some ideas -- wanted to see which Indian ruins you went to. We really enjoyed Bandelier. Some of the park was closed due to wildfires, but it was still clear and beautiful at the ruins.

betty-NZ said...

How great to have those markers that tell you you're almost home! I hope you're having a fun time.

Julene said...

It is great to follow along the route North this way! You capture the high points in snow capped mountains and fun road side sights. Of course...I love the Rhododendron!!