44 New Things #3 - Tyee Winery

Today had a relaxing day after Thanksgiving - my mom & I left my dad watching football and drove down to Eugene to go to Trader Joe's, my favorite grocery store. On the way back, we stopped at the Tyee Wine Cellars. This was my first visit to a winery - I've only lived in Oregon 8 years. Sampled their new release of 2002 Pinot Noir - very nice, but ended up only getting some hazelnuts.

44 New Things #2 - Oregon Coast Aquarium

(This one is being posted a little late - I actually did it on November 7th)

My sister & her husband came for a visit for my birthday. On Monday, we went out to Newport. For a November day, it was an incredibly warm and sunny day. I've been in Newport in July when it was colder and windier.



I took them to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. It was also my first visit. It's a great place - they had a special exhibit on turtles (the Snake-Necked Turtle was a little freaky-looking), some delightful sea otters (but I couldn't get a good photo of them), and an underwater tunnel where you can watch the fish swim all around you. They also have a nice sea bird enclosure - like these tufted puffins.

After we visited the Aquarium, we hit the Historic Bayfront - there was a group of sea lions hanging around on one of the floating dock that we spent a lot of time watching:

44 New Things at 44

Yesterday was my 44th birthday. I've decided to do 44 new things this year.

Today I went to a dog show - it was the Willamette Valley Kennel Club Dog Show in Albany. My sister, her husband & I watched the Newfies, the Westies, and the Shiba Inus. Then we watched the Terrier Group, Working Group and Herding Group judging.

I fell in love with a Westie named Stash; unfortunately, he didn't win the Terrier competition.