Oregon Business Trip & Vacation!

After a long blogging hiatus, we thought we'd skip ahead to our most recent adventure...

What fun weekend we just had!

This past weekend we headed down to Tualitin, Oregon for a business trip to look at a dental equipment and cabinetry manufacturer called A-dec and check out what they had to offer.  When we were invited to go visit the facility they called it a VIP trip and we didn't think much of it at the time, but they really spoiled us over the 3 days and 2 nights we were there.  Welcome to the business world, I guess.  We had a great time, learned about a great dental equipment supplier, and got to stay in a beautiful hotel by the water.   Here's a picture of us in front of the hotel that they put us up in.

After the business portion of our trip, we headed down to visit our friends Brittany and Taylor at their house in Albany, OR.  Taylor is a police officer in nearby Corvallis, so we headed over there for the day, walked along the Willamette River, did some shopping, visited an art show, saw Oregon State University's campus, and ate dinner at the Block 15 Brewery.  Here are some pictures of us in front of a fountain at a riverside park

On our way home from Brittany & Taylor's house, we decided to stop by the Willamette Valley Vineyard and do a little bit of wine tasting.  For anyone who hasn't tried it- they have the BEST Riesling!  Yumm... we bought a few bottles, took some pictures of the incredible view from their tasting room, and hit the road again.

Next up... a few hour pit stop at the Clark County Fair, where we played some games, won an awesome prize (not really- it was a black velvet pilow that said "Vegas" on it), looked at some smelly farm animals, and tried our luck at the fast pitch contest.  Kelly set the record for her age group by throwing the fastest pitch of the day.  Please note she tied with an 11 year old, pretty impressive :)

It was starting to get late and we still had almost 3 hours of driving left, so we scarfed some delicious County Fair bbq sandwich and curly fries and got back on the road.  After coming to a complete stop at three separate car accidents, which significantly extended our remaining "3 hour drive" on the way home, we rolled in about 10 pm and hopped in bed.

All in all, we had a blast exploring Oregon, seeing good friends, and having some random adventures on our leisurely drive home.  All that fun and we never even hit up Portland!  Oh well, maybe next time.