Day 1: Beaverton

We love Beaverton!  Sure, it has beloved family but we love them no matter where they live.  But this “little” town outside of Portland has charm, tidiness, and lovely walkable parks and neighborhoods. My nieces are particularly adorable and Piper loves to be with her young cousins, happily carrying Taryn on her hip on the walk back to the house after a “black booberry” fest and family walk. 

Getting out of the house took two full days and 3 hours on Saturday morning.  It can be complicated to leave for 3 weeks, and we’re lucky to have a family house- and pet-sitting for us while we’re adventuring, but there are lots of details to manage to get a house ready to be occupied by a whole new group, the RV completely ready for our first long journey, especially while prepping the cabin AirBnB business for my absence and our home property for major construction in the next month.  Maybe not a great time to leave, but if we waited until the perfect time, well, we’d never leave home.

In the meantime, we started the trip well, getting to see my brother and his beautiful family, enjoying the best of their beautiful home, and our separate sleeping quarters, and being fed rather fabulously.  Thanks, Brian and Sandi, for hosting us so well!

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