Tom and I just returned home from our wedding vacation. We had a wonderful time with all of our friends in Gold Beach and can't wait to return to the ocean. We're currently scheming on how we can buy the beach house we rented...lottery tickets may be in our future...after all, you can't win if you don't play! I am happy to report that we had no wind (also no sun, but oh well!) and the beach was deserted! Jeff and Jim did an AMAZING job putting together the "circle of love" and Ted blew me away with the walkway he created entirely out of driftwood. It was awesome! Our friends Tony and Terri-Lynn went waaaay beyond our expectations with everything they did for us...food, music, planning, officiating and video taping! We are truly blessed and we love all of you so much :-)
On our last morning in Gold Beach, most of us (meaning everyone but Tom) woke early and walked down to the beach at low tide. It was really cool to walk out past the rocks and say hello to all the starfish and mussels who live there. I can see how doing this could easily become a daily ritual...I really must get on top of those lottery tickets.
The only glitch in our plans was a wee bout of food poisoning on the last night of our stay in Ashland. We missed the end of "Cyrano de Big French Word Here", and I subsquently missed an entire night's sleep while introducing myself to the commode on an hourly basis. Other than that, though, things in Ashland were fun as well.
It is nice to be home, of course, and we are gearing up for our big picnic on Sunday. Love to all!
Mrs. O
