While in Eugene we were able to take in the EugeneSaturdayMarket where Dave homed in on Morning Sun Flutes. I was able to linger over the entire four blocks of cool stuff while Dave learned how to play a new instrument.
I have always wanted to visit a strawberry farm where you can pick your own berries and I was delighted to find out our hosts knew just the place. Our instructions upon arrival at the patch were, "one bucket as full as you can get it is $8. While you are picking we expect you to eat as many berries as you can." My picking style developed nicely... pick three, eat two. Berry picking takes a long time, but it was certainly delicious fun.
Pictured here is the elusive Boletus mushroom. In search of these delicious treats, chefs will travel from Portland to a secret spot hours from home, spend five hours foraging, and drive home again. The group we came across looked enthusiastically content with their harvest, and pleased to have me take a picture of their treasure. I was informed by Heidi, a chef at The Joel Palmer House in Dayton, Oregon, that these babies sell for $25. per pound in upscale grocery stores - if you can find them.
Yes, one cow is mooing at us, "Hey, we were here first." 
Rockville Elementary School is located in Jordan Valley, Oregon. This school is a public school with grade levels Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. There are approximately 6 students at this school and one teacher. The national average is 15 which means this school has less students in the classroom than most. Students who attend this school come from the ranches in the surrounding area.
I did not know there could still be a one-room school in operation in 2009. Good to know not everything changes.
A long, long time ago in a town far, far away two eager college students took a class at Concordia University, Saint Paul, and learned about primaries, secondaries, eye rings, wing bars, and other field markings. These students, Dave Horn, my husband, and Donna Else, my dear friend, took Ornithology class different semesters, but still have a love of birding. Thank you, Dr. Holtz.
I found the story of Josie Morris fascinating. She was a pioneer from the get go. I have included a link to an article which will tell you a bit about her five husbands, her whiskey still, her adventures in poaching, gardening, and building - she was quite a character. Josie's farm is located in Dinosaur National Monument and while the cabin is still there your imagination will have to create the rest of 
the story. 
