the sherwood merrywalkers  the great easter egg hunt in sherwood, march 31st

Unfortunately, the very slow walkers never did get to Oaks Bottom, but we had a wonderful walk and it only sprinkled while we were out there.  We had Larry and Rita with us and they knew exactly where we were when we crossed over the RR tracks.  We only went about a 1/2 a block and Rita said "there's nothing up there", so then Larry took over.  He got us back to Andover and the right turns, and we had no problems from then on in.  Regina was with us and her new walker, but I forgot his name already (that's because I become so old today!)
Even though we are slow, we had the best time taking pictures of all of the things we think you guys missed on the fast walk, but you can see them here.
We had a great time and after the Merrywalkers took me to lunch at the Jade Restaurant where we splurged on garlic shrimp and birthday cake.  But...tomorrow is really my birthday, so if it doesn't snow, maybe we could do it again, please.....

I wasn't able to make it for the walk yesterday - but just looking at the pictures, it looked really cold...in fact there is one picture in there of the ice.  Sandra did say that she took the picture of that really tall tree, because there were guys way up at the top of it cutting.
Anyway, if anyone would like to add to this blog just send me an e-mail and I would love to post it.
Tomorrow the walk is at Oaks Bottom, so we will see you there at 10 a.m. 

Wish Mary a Happy Birthday at the walk tomorrow that starts from REI.

Before we even left the house, Sandra said, "boy it's windy out there today."  I looked out and said, "it's not windy here, it just must be in the higher elevations, and we are walking in Portland, so it won't be windy."  Well that was the first mistake of the day.  It was absolutely gorgeous out there today.  Blue sky, puffy clouds, and the wind made me feel like I was back in Chicago.  Geesh, was it windy, but it make the walk feel so good.  Your hair blew around and you didn't build up a sweat.
Sandra said she didn't have to be back in Sherwood till later so we could do lunch.  Second mistake, I was so excited, we could finally go to the Thai place.  I said I was so happy it was just her and me, because the rest of our usual carpool would never go there.  Yipee!  Well the place was closed, so we ended up at even another Mexican place, the Adobe Rose.  Let's see; everyone loved their lunches.  Most everyone ordered the halibut tacos, but I decided to go for the enchilladas.  That was the third mistake.  When you see everyone else not ordering what you are ordering, should be your first clue.  I did enjoy the chocolate mint after.  Everyone really enjoyed their selections, but if I were to go there again, I'd pass on mine and go for the tacos.  By the way, we had 49 walkers and 20 of them joined us for lunch.
But this Saturday I get to redeem it all.  We are doing this all over again, same time and place, but the Thai Place will be open and I'm going.  I might not have a lot in my car for the carpool, but I hope someone joins us, and if not, there's always Fat Albert's. 

We actually had two more walkers come a bit later and met us at the view point, Mary Rose and Hanni, so we had a nice group.  I think all of us were really relieved to have all of the holidays behind us so of course we started talking vacations.  Mike is headed off to Savannah, Carolyn is off to the Yucatan Peninsula, Hanni and Lynette just got back from a short trip to Seattle.  We had a new retiree join us this week, Mary and pretty soon we will have Bonnie..  
We missed Mary Ann this week, but she will be back on Monday (she's entertaining guests from out of town) and her and I will be taking off for the "Windy City" on the Ides of February.  We also have the Gorge walks this summer and I'm starting to make plans for Coupeville in September.  The year has begun.