Writing from Oregon

Just a quick note from Oregon here. For those who have never been here in Southwestern Oregon, it is beautiful. Here in Roseburg where I am visiting, the hills surround the area and they are covered in green trees. Yes it's small town and perhaps may have a small town mentality, given the views they wake up to everyday...who cares. Its easy to imagine that there is nothing else beyond those hills. There are two rivers that run through here, the S. Umpqua and the N. Umpqua and they meet at this incredible park. At the fork of the rivers, you can stand and watch the two rivers each going different speeds, merge and become one river. And Its green, green, green. We had ice cream the other day at a grocery store called Sherms. They had an ice cream counter at the front of the store. And the one scoop serving is actually 2 scoops, 2 different flavors if you choose. And the best part? It was 99 cents. And it was fresh and incredibly good. I had mountain blackberry revel and huckleberry cheesecake (yes with real bits of cheesecake in it too). The funny thing is that they had a Coldstone here in town, but they went out of business because they couldn't compete with Sherms. SO the moral of this story is eat Umpqua ice cream, you'll never eat any other kind again!...lol