The Great White North

Becky and I went to Vancouver the week after Memorial Day weekend. I won’t bore you with the details, but here are some of the highlights. – We departed Oakland on May 26, 2006. – We saw my old friend Katie Saxon and her master’s recital at the University of Oregon in Eugene. May 27, 2006 : – Then, en route to Sasquatch (in George, WA), we stopped in Portland. We tried to have lunch at the Montage Bistro, but…

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