Silverton, Oregon

We picked up Crystal and Gracie at the Portland Airport and then the next morning moved down to Silverton.

Crystal had a roommate when she was in college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo by the name of Kristen Hunter. Kristen suffers from a very rare hereditary disease called Huntington's disease. I would suggest you Google it and see the systems of it.

Kristen is a very sweet and loving person and loves Jesus with all her heart. God has put her with a great Christian family, the Hilgers in Sublimity, Oregon. Tim's wife Amy also suffers from Huntington's. They are very active in trying to find a cure for this horrible disease.

Fund Raiser

We were blessed to be able to spend a week with Kristen and the Hilgers. I know it was a great week for all of us and we really enjoyed going to Foothill Community Church with them!

We used the Silver Spurs RV Park in Silverton as our home park while we visited. It was a Passport America Park so we were given half price the entire week. It was a very nice and convenient park for us.

Every day we would go to the Hilgers house and pick Kristen up to visit with her. One of the highlights was going to Silver Falls State Park. In this picture from left to right is Kristen, Crystal, Brian and of course Gracie in the front. Patty is taking the picture.

Silver Falls State Park

There is a trail that takes you behind the waterfall! Because Gracie was in a stroller Crystal decided to stay at the top and only Kristen, Patty and I hiked down. It was magnificent!

Waterfall

The water is very low right now. Normally there is much more water flowing. It was still pretty awesome walking behind the falls. You can see a little bridge in the distance on the river. We walked down to that and circled back up to where Crystal stayed.

Behind the Fall

Here is the Falls from the bridge. It was just about a mile and a half hike. Not bad.

Falls from the bridge

We circled back around and caught up to Crystal and Gracie. Grandma was loving on Gracie!

Grandma and Gracie

We had a great week but Crystal and Gracie had to head back to Ventura to see hubby and daddy. Here we are at the airport waiting for the plane.

Portland Airport

We will be back in the Ventura area in early September to see the whole family. We will see them again then. We are having soooo much fun but do miss our kids! 

Well that's it for this week. See you all soon.

Love you,

God Bless,

Brian and Patty