Month: June 2016

Thursday is a full day of activities. We start our meetings off at Portland Yacht Club, along with a wonderful lunch. I’m looking forward to seeing another yacht club in a different state.

After our work is done we will return to the Oxford Suites to collect our luggage and move to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. We’ll spend the next three nights there. We’ll be glad to settle down for a bit. Moving to a different hotel everyday is pretty tiring.

I’m not sure where we’ll have dinner, but we’ll figure that out after we visit the hospitality room in the Presidential Suite, located on the 15th floor. It’s a time to have a cold adult beverage and network with other past commodores from all over the county.

Image Credit: DoubleTree by Hilton

This morning finds us traveling north to visit Sharla and her two kitties. Sharla is the author of BeadedTail. I used to lurk at her site because she had three adorable babies. There was Sadie a beautiful Husky, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge in 2012, and her two kitties Angel and Isabella.

Here’s the two kitties I get to meet. Of course I get to meet Sharla too.
Image Credit: Click on Image

Angel is on the left and Isabella in on the right. They are so cute I can hardly stand it.

After a visit and the handing out of treats and toys we’ll be heading to Portland and spending one night at Oxford Suites before we move to the convention center for the IOBG Spring Regional meeting. There will be numerous IOBG members converging on this hotel Wednesday evening. I’m looking forward to a fun convention.

Today finds us on the road heading toward our destination of Portland Oregon for the Rose Festival. Our first stop is Seven Feathers Casino Resort. This is a regular stop each year when heading for Portland. It is our first time. We aren’t gamblers, but a fine meal and a nice bottle of wine works for us.

Anyone that has traveled up or down Interstate 5 can attest to how long and lonely much of that trip can be. We’ll have each other for company so that will help some. We’ll also stop somewhere for a quick lunch and then get back on the road.

The bittersweet part of this is we wouldn’t be going at all if our Little Bit was still with us. We never boarded her and if we had to go somewhere we had someone house sit so she would be at home. We know she stayed with us as long as she could, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be thinking of her often while we’re gone.

We’re planning on a fun trip with like-minded boating folks. All the folks that we’ll be dealing with in IOBG are past commodores of various clubs around the world. Each bringing their part of the world to the table, and that’s the very best part.

Source and Image Credit: Seven Feathers Casino Resort