In Oregon with the Bruce and Cathy Kuehnl

Bruce Kuehnl is my work associate and friend. We have known one another since our days as managers for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), US Dept. of Labor. Cathy is his sweet wife and they have pets - Ash (an extremely social black cat) and Cypress (their cuddly 9 week old English Sheepdog). They are a happy family, living a portion of their days in Portland, Oregon and a portion in Neskowin, Oregon, in their beautiful beach house. After years of warm invitations to visit, we finally were able to spend some time in the beautiful beach house and now are headed now to Portland to spend some time with them in their city home (and also have dinner tomorrow evening with some of my Ankara, Turkey friends, Mike Neff and Tim Watkins).

Oregon is another beautiful state - with cooler weather and more rain than the states we have visit thus far. The mountains are lush and green and the beaches are clean and inviting for a long, refreshing walk. People are VERY friendly and it seems everyone you meet want to stop and talk. I just picked fresh blackberries where we parked the RV and fruits, veggies, and fish are fresh and delicious. People appear healthier here - many ride bikes everywhere they go and Portland is a bike friendly city...more than most. Once again, the landscape here is too beautiful to capture in photographs, but I will try. The pace seems a little slower here - or maybe it was the beach house and good clean air that made us want to slow down. We are headed to the city now - and I'll post in a day or two. After Portland, we head back toward the east - crossing the northern states.
Nite~ Carol and Ken