Mr. and Mrs. Matthews Go To Bend:

Yesterday, we woke up thinking that we would be going to the dump and working in the back yard.  Boy, were we wrong!  We figured out something much more fun to do instead.  Downtown Bend was having a car show, so we hopped into our own and headed toward it.

First we went to Corey's and had a hamburger.

Then, we walked to Drake Park, on the lovely Deschutes River.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

At the far end of the park, there were hundreds and hundreds of classic cars.  It was so fun.  Everybody was so cheerful and friendly.  The cars were pretty, the sun was warm, and it was a super nice way to spend the afternoon.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Cary admires a beautiful Ford Fairlane.  
He used to have one like it.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

When we were in high school, my BFF Keri had a yellow Mustang much like this one.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

This car is named Merlot, and has the most beautiful deep purple paint job.  I just knew that I needed to get my picture taken with it!

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Cary spotted the car-wash saleslady and just knew that he had to get his picture taken with her.  She told me that I was a really nice wife to let him do that.  I said, I know, and thanks for letting us take your picture.  As we walked away, I asked him how come he gets his picture taken with Jerry Rice and the car-wash saleslady, and I think I'm doing good to get mine taken with a car named Merlot?  I guess it is because he asks! 

We walked around there for quite a while.  I made a slide show of many of the cars, which is at the bottom of this post.  Here are a few more:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The woman who owns this beauty lives in Centralia.  She said that even though she lives there, she hasn't been to The Olympic Club yet.  I told her that she would love it!

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

We walked back to town.  Bend has some really cool old houses, such as this:

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

We had some time to kill before they started their cruise, or dragging the gut as us old fogies used to call it.  So, we decided to go to a movie; something that we haven't done for several years.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409847/

We decided to see Cowboys and Aliens.  We used our movie gift certificate that we had been carrying around for a couple of years.  Thank goodness it was for $25.00!  $7.75 each to get in, $8.00 for popcorn, $4.75 for a pop, $5.25 for a bottled water.  We still pitched in $8.00 of our our money!  We enjoyed the movie, but Cary said that we could have waited to watch this one on video.  It was good, but somehow kind of predictable.

Returning to the downtown area, we enjoyed the cruise and visited with some old friends.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Then we ended our awesome day by coming home and watching the Mariners win over the Angels at 5-1.  It doesn't get no better than that!  I hope that you guys had a wonderful day too. 

Take care, 
Kathy M.

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