Day 13

Saturday October 24, 2009

Had a breakfast of eggs, potatoes and bacon. Then we drove back to Portland to visit Aunt Samara. She recently had a brain tumor removed; the back of her head is stapled together like a zipper. Kind of creepy. She has 2 kids – Nikoli and Remmy, they are very cute. On the way there we stopped at Mt Angel – a german town that looks like a great place to celebrate Oktoberfest- which we just missed by a few days. They had the Nation’s tallest glockenspiel. At 11 am the clock opened up and giant wooden dolls came out of hiding. They started making music and rotating around in circles, there 2 on a swing. Very cool. We also stopped at a candy store that has the largest continuously flowing chocolate waterfall. It was not for eating – just decoration. A bit disappointed about that but still it was a chocolate waterfall!! What’s not to love? They had free samples of normal chocolate. Aunt Samara has an awesome house.