(5182,1,'2011-07-08 20:53:00','2011-07-08 18:53:00','It\'s official, I think my dAd loves me and so does my MoM. They picked me up at that Walla Walla airport yesterday at 9pm. My MoM wore her Bulgarian alphabet t-shirt so that I\'d know when one she was. My dAd brought his camera.\n\nI got home yesterday at 9pm after traveling for nearly 24 hours. My parents fed me some dinner and then I was off to bed. I woke up at 4:30 am convinced it was time to wake up but somehow I forced myself back to sleep. When I finally got up a 7am, I had a cup of coffee and went for a walk.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5175\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In the backyard\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5175\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5175\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5175 \" title=\"In the backyard\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8496-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen MoM and I went to the grocery store--Albertson\'s. I was overwhelmed, once again, by the size and the amount of <em>stuff</em> for sale.  At Kmart I bought some clear storage boxes determined to clean up/contain/corral the stuff in my room but I was too tired to deal with that after I came home from lunch at my brother N. and his fiancee K.\'s new house. For the record, my brother makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks N.\n\nAfter lunch it was nap time. I told my MoM: just an hour. But at the hour mark I couldn\'t move from my bed--so she let me sleep for another hour. At the two hour and fifteen minute mark, I wrenched myself out of bed and climbed into my swimsuit. I hopped into the pool and then about 15 minutes later my MoM brought me a beer. A beer in the pool. Mind you this breaks the no glass by the pool rule. Apparently when you turn 30 Mom trusts  you to drink a beer in the pool without breaking it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beer and wine by the pool\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5178\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5178\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5178 \" title=\"Beer and wine by the pool\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8492-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe best part of the day?\n\nWhen my dAd fired up the grill to make grilled pizzas and my MoM steamed asparagus and snow peas. It\'s like <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/06/27/home-again-home-again/\" target=\"_blank\">they read my blog</a>. Only last night I forgot to eat my strawberry short cake birthday cake.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd making pizza\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5179\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5179\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5179 \" title=\"My dAd making pizza\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWhat\'s on the menu for today? A walk with my dAd, some cleaning, a little exploring and then we\'re going to head over to N. and K.\'s new house for dinner. I\'m looking forward to the grilled hamburgers, tortilla chips and salsa, home made potato salad, spinach salad and local wine.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5180\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Grilled Pizzas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5180\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5180\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5180\" title=\"Grilled Pizzas \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8493-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep, the first two days home are going to revolve around jet-lag and food. Not bad, not bad.','I think my dAd loves me','','inherit','open','open','','5172-revision-5','','','2011-07-08 20:53:00','2011-07-08 18:53:00','',5172,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/5172-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5183,1,'2011-07-08 20:55:31','2011-07-08 18:55:31','It\'s official, I think my dAd loves me and so does my MoM. They picked me up at that Walla Walla airport yesterday at 9pm. My MoM wore her Bulgarian alphabet t-shirt so that I\'d know when one she was. My dAd brought his camera.\r\n\r\nI got home yesterday at 9pm after traveling for nearly 24 hours. My parents fed me some dinner and then I was off to bed. I woke up at 4:30 am convinced it was time to wake up but somehow I forced myself back to sleep. When I finally got up a 7am, I had a cup of coffee and went for a walk.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5175\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In the backyard\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5175\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5175\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5175 \" title=\"In the backyard\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8496-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen MoM and I went to the grocery store--Albertson\'s. I was overwhelmed, once again, by the size and the amount of <em>stuff</em> for sale.  At Kmart I bought some clear storage boxes determined to clean up/contain/corral the stuff in my room but I was too tired to deal with that after I came home from lunch at my brother N. and his fiancee K.\'s new house. For the record, my brother makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks N.\r\n\r\nAfter lunch it was nap time. I told my MoM: just an hour. But at the hour mark I couldn\'t move from my bed--so she let me sleep for another hour. At the two hour and fifteen minute mark, I wrenched myself out of bed and climbed into my swimsuit. I hopped into the pool and then about 15 minutes later my MoM brought me a beer. A beer in the pool. Mind you this breaks the no glass by the pool rule. Apparently when you turn 30 Mom trusts  you to drink a beer in the pool without breaking it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beer and wine by the pool\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5178\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5178\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5178 \" title=\"Beer and wine by the pool\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8492-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part of the day?\r\n\r\nWhen my dAd fired up the grill to make grilled pizzas and my MoM steamed asparagus and snow peas. It\'s like <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/06/27/home-again-home-again/\" target=\"_blank\">they read my blog</a>. Only last night I forgot to eat my strawberry short cake birthday cake.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd making pizza\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5179\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5179\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5179 \" title=\"My dAd making pizza\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat\'s on the menu for today? A walk with my dAd, some cleaning, a little exploring and then we\'re going to head over to N. and K.\'s new house for dinner. I\'m looking forward to the grilled hamburgers, tortilla chips and salsa, home made potato salad, spinach salad and local wine.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5180\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Grilled Pizzas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5180\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5180\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5180 \" title=\"Grilled Pizzas \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8493-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep, the first two days home are going to revolve around jet-lag and food. Not bad, not bad.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5181\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5181\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5181\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5181 \" title=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8495-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','I think my dAd loves me','','inherit','open','open','','5172-revision-6','','','2011-07-08 20:55:31','2011-07-08 18:55:31','',5172,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/5172-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5184,1,'2011-07-08 20:56:00','2011-07-08 18:56:00','It\'s official, I think my dAd loves me and so does my MoM. They picked me up at that Walla Walla airport yesterday at 9pm. My MoM wore her Bulgarian alphabet t-shirt so that I\'d know when one she was. My dAd brought his camera.\n\nI got home yesterday at 9pm after traveling for nearly 24 hours. My parents fed me some dinner and then I was off to bed. I woke up at 4:30 am convinced it was time to wake up but somehow I forced myself back to sleep. When I finally got up a 7am, I had a cup of coffee and went for a walk.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5175\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In the backyard\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5175\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5175\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5175 \" title=\"In the backyard\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8496-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen MoM and I went to the grocery store--Albertson\'s. I was overwhelmed, once again, by the size and the amount of <em>stuff</em> for sale.  At Kmart I bought some clear storage boxes determined to clean up/contain/corral the stuff in my room but I was too tired to deal with that after I came home from lunch at my brother N. and his fiancee K.\'s new house. For the record, my brother makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks N.\n\nAfter lunch it was nap time. I told my MoM: just an hour. But at the hour mark I couldn\'t move from my bed--so she let me sleep for another hour. At the two hour and fifteen minute mark, I wrenched myself out of bed and climbed into my swimsuit. I hopped into the pool and then about 15 minutes later my MoM brought me a beer. A beer in the pool. Mind you this breaks the no glass by the pool rule. Apparently when you turn 30 Mom trusts  you to drink a beer in the pool without breaking it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beer and wine by the pool\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5178\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5178\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5178 \" title=\"Beer and wine by the pool\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8492-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe best part of the day?\n\nWhen my dAd fired up the grill to make grilled pizzas and my MoM steamed asparagus and snow peas. It\'s like <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/06/27/home-again-home-again/\" target=\"_blank\">they read my blog</a>. Only last night I forgot to eat my strawberry short cake birthday cake.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd making pizza\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5179\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5179\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5179 \" title=\"My dAd making pizza\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWhat\'s on the menu for today? A walk with my dAd, some cleaning, a little exploring and then we\'re going to head over to N. and K.\'s new house for dinner. I\'m looking forward to the grilled hamburgers, tortilla chips and salsa, home made potato salad, spinach salad and local wine.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5180\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Grilled Pizzas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5180\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5180\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5180 \" title=\"Grilled Pizzas \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8493-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep, the first two days home are going to revolve around jet-lag and food. Not bad, not bad.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5181\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5181\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5181\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5181 \" title=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8495-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','I think my dAd loves me','','inherit','open','open','','5172-revision-7','','','2011-07-08 20:56:00','2011-07-08 18:56:00','',5172,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/5172-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5185,1,'2011-07-08 20:59:27','2011-07-08 18:59:27','It\'s official, I think my dAd loves me and so does my MoM. They picked me up at that Walla Walla airport yesterday at 9pm. My MoM wore her Bulgarian alphabet t-shirt so that I\'d know when one she was. My dAd brought his camera.\r\n\r\nI got home yesterday at 9pm after traveling for nearly 24 hours. My parents fed me some dinner and then I was off to bed. I woke up at 4:30 am convinced it was time to wake up but somehow I forced myself back to sleep. When I finally got up a 7am, I had a cup of coffee and went for a walk.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5175\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In the backyard\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5175\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5175\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5175 \" title=\"In the backyard\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8496-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen MoM and I went to the grocery store--Albertson\'s. I was overwhelmed, once again, by the size and the amount of <em>stuff</em> for sale.  At Kmart I bought some clear storage boxes determined to clean up/contain/corral the stuff in my room but I was too tired to deal with that after I came home from lunch at my brother N. and his fiancee K.\'s new house. For the record, my brother makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks N.\r\n\r\nAfter lunch it was nap time. I told my MoM: just an hour. <!--more-->But at the hour mark I couldn\'t move from my bed--so she let me sleep for another hour. At the two hour and fifteen minute mark, I wrenched myself out of bed and climbed into my swimsuit. I hopped into the pool and then about 15 minutes later my MoM brought me a beer.\r\n\r\n<em>A beer in the pool</em>.\r\n\r\nMind you this breaks the no glass by the pool rule. Apparently when you turn 30 Mom trusts  you to drink a beer in the pool without breaking it. Turns out being 30 has a few perks.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beer and wine by the pool\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5178\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5178\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5178 \" title=\"Beer and wine by the pool\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8492-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe best part of the day?\r\n\r\nWhen my dAd fired up the grill to make grilled pizzas and my MoM steamed asparagus and snow peas. It\'s like <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/06/27/home-again-home-again/\" target=\"_blank\">they read my blog</a>. Only last night I forgot to eat my strawberry short cake birthday cake.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd making pizza\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5179\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5179\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5179 \" title=\"My dAd making pizza\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWhat\'s on the menu for today? A walk with my dAd, some cleaning, a little exploring and then we\'re going to head over to N. and K.\'s new house for dinner. I\'m looking forward to the grilled hamburgers, tortilla chips and salsa, home made potato salad, spinach salad and local wine.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5180\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Grilled Pizzas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5180\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5180\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5180 \" title=\"Grilled Pizzas \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8493-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep, the first two days home are going to revolve around jet-lag and food. Not bad, not bad.\r\n\r\nMy life is <em>clearly</em> so hard.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5181\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5181\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5181\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5181 \" title=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8495-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','I think my dAd loves me','','inherit','open','open','','5172-revision-8','','','2011-07-08 20:59:27','2011-07-08 18:59:27','',5172,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/5172-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5186,1,'2011-07-08 21:00:38','2011-07-08 19:00:38','It\'s official, I think my dAd loves me and so does my MoM. They picked me up at that Walla Walla airport yesterday at 9pm. My MoM wore her Bulgarian alphabet t-shirt so that I\'d know when one she was. My dAd brought his camera.\n\nI got home yesterday at 9pm after traveling for nearly 24 hours. My parents fed me some dinner and then I was off to bed. I woke up at 4:30 am convinced it was time to wake up but somehow I forced myself back to sleep. When I finally got up a 7am, I had a cup of coffee and went for a walk.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5175\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In the backyard\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5175\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/i-think-my-dad-loves-me/img_8496/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5175 \" title=\"In the backyard\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8496-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen MoM and I went to the grocery store--Albertson\'s. I was overwhelmed, once again, by the size and the amount of <em>stuff</em> for sale.  At Kmart I bought some clear storage boxes determined to clean up/contain/corral the stuff in my room but I was too tired to deal with that after I came home from lunch at my brother N. and his fiancee K.\'s new house. For the record, my brother makes a killer ham and cheese sandwich. Thanks N.\n\nAfter lunch it was nap time. I told my MoM: just an hour. <!--more-->But at the hour mark I couldn\'t move from my bed--so she let me sleep for another hour. At the two hour and fifteen minute mark, I wrenched myself out of bed and climbed into my swimsuit. I hopped into the pool and then about 15 minutes later my MoM brought me a beer.\n\n<em>A beer in the pool</em>.\n\nMind you this breaks the no glass by the pool rule. Apparently when you turn 30 Mom trusts  you to drink a beer in the pool without breaking it. Turns out being 30 has a few perks.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5178\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Beer and wine by the pool\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5178\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/i-think-my-dad-loves-me/img_8492/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5178 \" title=\"Beer and wine by the pool\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8492-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe best part of the day?\n\nWhen my dAd fired up the grill to make grilled pizzas and my MoM steamed asparagus and snow peas. It\'s like <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/06/27/home-again-home-again/\" target=\"_blank\">they read my blog</a>. Only last night I forgot to eat my strawberry short cake birthday cake.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5179\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd making pizza\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5179\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/i-think-my-dad-loves-me/img_8488/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5179 \" title=\"My dAd making pizza\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8488-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWhat\'s on the menu for today? A walk with my dAd, some cleaning, a little exploring and then we\'re going to head over to N. and K.\'s new house for dinner. I\'m looking forward to the grilled hamburgers, tortilla chips and salsa, home made potato salad, spinach salad and local wine.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5180\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Grilled Pizzas!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5180\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/i-think-my-dad-loves-me/img_8493/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5180 \" title=\"Grilled Pizzas \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8493-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep, the first two days home are going to revolve around jet-lag and food. Not bad, not bad.\n\nMy life is <em>clearly</em> so hard.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5181\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5181\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/i-think-my-dad-loves-me/img_8495/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5181 \" title=\"Dinner: grilled and steamed!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8495-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','I think my dAd loves me','','inherit','open','open','','5172-autosave','','','2011-07-08 21:00:38','2011-07-08 19:00:38','',5172,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/08/5172-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5222,1,'2011-07-19 18:28:36','2011-07-19 16:28:36','Great news! My laptop came out of the well-baby check-up a-okay.\r\n\r\nAnd now I am back to blogging!\r\n\r\nWell, more or less. A couple of things became clear: my computer is no longer a baby and I love the internet. In fact, I\'ve sort of missed blogging and my computer over the last five days. So I guess that I\'d better take the computer guy seriously when he told me now\'s the time to start saving for a new one. <em>Awesome</em>.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, I\'ve got my laptop up and running and it\'s faster than it\'s been in months. Hip-hip-hooray!!\r\n\r\nHere\'s the only thing: in the check-up and spruce -up somehow I\'ve lost my ability to switch back and forth between the Latin alphabet and the Cyrillic alphabet. That makes it hard for me to keep up on my <a href=\"http://daybyeday.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian blog</a>. Thoughts? Where\'s the best place to download the phonetic Cyrillic alphabet? You know the one where the Latin S key produces the Cyrillic C.\r\n\r\n<em>Okay, thanks!</em>\r\n\r\nOh and get ready for a couple of exciting posts about my weekend in Corvallis and on the Oregon coast!!','My laptop is a-okay & I\'m back! 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So today, I see glimpses of my childhood Walla Walla but now there\'s plenty of the new Walla Walla left to discover (or to re-discover as the case may be).\r\n\r\nWhat it comes down to is this: this isn\'t the Walla Walla I\'ve been imagining for the last few weeks before this trip but that\'s a good thing.  Sure it gives me a sense of being out of place, of being a little turned around and of being disoriented on streets that I know I should know but I know that this is for the best.','A feeling of out-of-place-ness','','inherit','open','open','','5198-revision-4','','','2011-07-10 16:53:14','2011-07-10 14:53:14','',5198,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/5198-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5204,1,'2011-07-10 16:53:15','2011-07-10 14:53:15','Sometimes it\'s hard for me to imagine life somewhere else. Right now for example, I\'m in Walla Walla and it\'s 6:30am and it\'s difficult for me to imagine what my day would be like if I were in Sofia at 4:30pm rather than Walla Walla. I am here in Walla Walla and because of this Sofia seems to be a world away.\r\n\r\nIt\'s even harder for me to imagine what life is like in a city I\'ve never been to before. I\'ve done a lot of traveling over the last three years and I love to read about places before I go. Still I can\'t imagine these places and I can\'t put together a city in my mind until I am actually there. Then a city only comes together in bright snips and clips--the highlights, the best of and a vague impression of the mood and temperament of a place--is what\'s left in my memory after the trip.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5200\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5200\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5200\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5200 \" title=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8516-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow that I am back in Walla Walla, I\'ve been struck by this feeling of out-of-place-ness. <!--more-->The streets haven\'t changed but the content has. My friends are more ore less gone leaving Walla Walla for greener pastures like Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco. On Main Street, there are more wine-tasting rooms than ever before. The downtown is chocked full with new bakeries, new shops, new bars and restaurants.\r\n\r\nNow, I think this is a good thing. A really good thing. Cities that don\'t change and adapt will die.\r\n\r\nLuckily, Walla Walla has a history of reinvention. From <a href=\"http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_041_13_30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark\'s first visit with the Walla Walla Indians</a> to<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> Marcus and Narcissa Whitman\'s Christian mission</a> and their failed attempts at converting the Native Americans to Christianity which resulted in their deaths, to the growth of <a href=\"http://www.wallawalla.org/attractions.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">the first commercial banks in the Washington territory</a> thanks to the gold rush in Idaho and later on to agriculture and wheat farming. Today? Enter, wine and tourism.\r\n\r\nThere have been plenty of articles over the last 10 years about the death of the small American town. I am incredibly glad that Walla Walla is not one of them because had things gone differently, I think that we could be.\r\n\r\nThe thing is, it\'s hard for my memory and imagination to catch-up with all of these changes. So today, I see glimpses of my childhood Walla Walla but now there\'s plenty of the new Walla Walla left to discover (or to re-discover as the case may be).\r\n\r\nWhat it comes down to is this: this isn\'t the Walla Walla I\'ve been imagining for the last few weeks before this trip but that\'s a good thing.  Sure it gives me a sense of being out of place, of being a little turned around and of being disoriented on streets that I know I should know but I know that this is for the best.','A feeling of out-of-place-ness','','inherit','open','open','','5198-revision-5','','','2011-07-10 16:53:15','2011-07-10 14:53:15','',5198,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/5198-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5205,1,'2011-07-10 16:57:23','2011-07-10 14:57:23','Sometimes it\'s hard for me to imagine life somewhere else. Right now for example, I\'m in Walla Walla and it\'s 6:30am and it\'s difficult for me to imagine what my day would be like if I were in Sofia at 4:30pm rather than Walla Walla. I am here in Walla Walla and because of this Sofia seems to be a world away.\n\nIt\'s even harder for me to imagine what life is like in a city I\'ve never been to before. I\'ve done a lot of traveling over the last three years and I love to read about places before I go. Still I can\'t imagine these places and I can\'t put together a city in my mind until I am actually there. Then a city only comes together in bright snips and clips--the highlights, the best of and a vague impression of the mood and temperament of a place--is what\'s left in my memory after the trip.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5200\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5200\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5200\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5200 \" title=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8516-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow that I am back in Walla Walla, I\'ve been struck by this feeling of out-of-place-ness. <!--more-->\n\nThe streets haven\'t changed but the content has. My friends are more ore less gone leaving Walla Walla for greener pastures like Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco. On Main Street, there are more wine-tasting rooms than ever before. The downtown is chocked full with new bakeries, new shops, new bars and restaurants.\n\nNow, I think this is a good thing. A really good thing. Cities that don\'t change and adapt will die.\n\nLuckily, Walla Walla has a history of reinvention. From <a href=\"http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_041_13_30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark\'s first visit with the Walla Walla Indians</a> to<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> Marcus and Narcissa Whitman\'s Christian mission</a> and their failed attempts at converting the Native Americans to Christianity which resulted in their deaths, to the growth of <a href=\"http://www.wallawalla.org/attractions.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">the first commercial banks in the Washington territory</a> thanks to the gold rush in Idaho and later on to agriculture and wheat farming. Today? Enter, wine and tourism.\n\nThere have been plenty of articles over the last 10 years about the death of the small American town. I am incredibly glad that Walla Walla is not one of them because had things gone differently, I think that we could be.\n\nThe thing is, it\'s hard for my memory and imagination to catch-up with all of these changes. So today, I see glimpses of my childhood Walla Walla but now there\'s plenty of the new Walla Walla left to discover (or to re-discover as the case may be).\n\nWhat it comes down to is this: this isn\'t the Walla Walla I\'ve been imagining for the last few weeks before this trip but that\'s a good thing.  Sure it gives me a sense of being out of place, of being a little turned around and of being disoriented on streets that I know I should know but I know that this is for the best.\n\n----\n\nAs a weird side note, did you notice how neatly the cars are parked in downtown Walla Walla and how<em> giant </em>the cars are? There are really an incredible number of SUVs in the picture I snapped while out and about yesterday. For the record, I didn\'t snap it because of the SUVs. I just noticed this <em>after</em> uploading the photo and thinking: there\'s something wrong with the car on the right. It\'s out of focus or something. Nope. It\'s just a <em>humungous</em> SUV.','A feeling of out-of-place-ness','','inherit','open','open','','5198-revision-6','','','2011-07-10 16:57:23','2011-07-10 14:57:23','',5198,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/5198-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5206,1,'2011-07-10 16:57:34','2011-07-10 14:57:34','Sometimes it\'s hard for me to imagine life somewhere else. Right now for example, I\'m in Walla Walla and it\'s 6:30am and it\'s difficult for me to imagine what my day would be like if I were in Sofia at 4:30pm rather than Walla Walla. I am here in Walla Walla and because of this Sofia seems to be a world away.\r\n\r\nIt\'s even harder for me to imagine what life is like in a city I\'ve never been to before. I\'ve done a lot of traveling over the last three years and I love to read about places before I go. Still I can\'t imagine these places and I can\'t put together a city in my mind until I am actually there. Then a city only comes together in bright snips and clips--the highlights, the best of and a vague impression of the mood and temperament of a place--is what\'s left in my memory after the trip.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5200\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5200\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5200\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5200 \" title=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8516-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow that I am back in Walla Walla, I\'ve been struck by this feeling of out-of-place-ness. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe streets haven\'t changed but the content has. My friends are more ore less gone leaving Walla Walla for greener pastures like Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco. On Main Street, there are more wine-tasting rooms than ever before. The downtown is chocked full with new bakeries, new shops, new bars and restaurants.\r\n\r\nNow, I think this is a good thing. A really good thing. Cities that don\'t change and adapt will die.\r\n\r\nLuckily, Walla Walla has a history of reinvention. From <a href=\"http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_041_13_30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark\'s first visit with the Walla Walla Indians</a> to<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> Marcus and Narcissa Whitman\'s Christian mission</a> and their failed attempts at converting the Native Americans to Christianity which resulted in their deaths, to the growth of <a href=\"http://www.wallawalla.org/attractions.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">the first commercial banks in the Washington territory</a> thanks to the gold rush in Idaho and later on to agriculture and wheat farming. Today? Enter, wine and tourism.\r\n\r\nThere have been plenty of articles over the last 10 years about the death of the small American town. I am incredibly glad that Walla Walla is not one of them because had things gone differently, I think that we could be.\r\n\r\nThe thing is, it\'s hard for my memory and imagination to catch-up with all of these changes. So today, I see glimpses of my childhood Walla Walla but now there\'s plenty of the new Walla Walla left to discover (or to re-discover as the case may be).\r\n\r\nWhat it comes down to is this: this isn\'t the Walla Walla I\'ve been imagining for the last few weeks before this trip but that\'s a good thing.  Sure it gives me a sense of being out of place, of being a little turned around and of being disoriented on streets that I know I should know but I know that this is for the best.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nAs a weird side note, did you notice how neatly the cars are parked in downtown Walla Walla and how<em> giant </em>the cars are? There are really an incredible number of SUVs in the picture I snapped while out and about yesterday. For the record, I didn\'t snap it because of the SUVs. I just noticed this <em>after</em> uploading the photo and thinking: there\'s something wrong with the car on the right. It\'s out of focus or something. Nope. It\'s just a <em>humungous</em> SUV.','A feeling of out-of-place-ness','','inherit','open','open','','5198-revision-7','','','2011-07-10 16:57:34','2011-07-10 14:57:34','',5198,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/5198-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5207,1,'2011-07-10 16:58:41','2011-07-10 14:58:41','Sometimes it\'s hard for me to imagine life somewhere else. Right now for example, I\'m in Walla Walla and it\'s 6:30am and it\'s difficult for me to imagine what my day would be like if I were in Sofia at 4:30pm rather than Walla Walla. I am here in Walla Walla and because of this Sofia seems to be a world away.\n\nIt\'s even harder for me to imagine what life is like in a city I\'ve never been to before. I\'ve done a lot of traveling over the last three years and I love to read about places before I go. Still I can\'t imagine these places and I can\'t put together a city in my mind until I am actually there. Then a city only comes together in bright snips and clips--the highlights, the best of and a vague impression of the mood and temperament of a place--is what\'s left in my memory after the trip.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5200\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5200\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/a-feeling-of-out-of-place-ness/img_8516/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5200 \" title=\"Main Street, Walla Walla\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8516-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow that I am back in Walla Walla, I\'ve been struck by this feeling of out-of-place-ness. <!--more-->\n\nThe streets haven\'t changed but the content has. My friends are more ore less gone leaving Walla Walla for greener pastures like Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco. On Main Street, there are more wine-tasting rooms than ever before. The downtown is chocked full with new bakeries, new shops, new bars and restaurants.\n\nNow, I think this is a good thing. A really good thing. Cities that don\'t change and adapt will die.\n\nLuckily, Walla Walla has a history of reinvention. From <a href=\"http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_041_13_30.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis and Clark\'s first visit with the Walla Walla Indians</a> to<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> Marcus and Narcissa Whitman\'s Christian mission</a> and their failed attempts at converting the Native Americans to Christianity which resulted in their deaths, to the growth of <a href=\"http://www.wallawalla.org/attractions.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">the first commercial banks in the Washington territory</a> thanks to the gold rush in Idaho and later on to agriculture and wheat farming. Today? Enter, wine and tourism.\n\nThere have been plenty of articles over the last 10 years about the death of the small American town. I am incredibly glad that Walla Walla is not one of them because had things gone differently, I think that we could be.\n\nThe thing is, it\'s hard for my memory and imagination to catch-up with all of these changes. So today, I see glimpses of my childhood Walla Walla but now there\'s plenty of the new Walla Walla left to discover (or to re-discover as the case may be).\n\nWhat it comes down to is this: this isn\'t the Walla Walla I\'ve been imagining for the last few weeks before this trip but that\'s a good thing.  Sure it gives me a sense of being out of place, of being a little turned around and of being disoriented on streets that I know I should know but I know that this is for the best.\n\n----\n\nAs a weird side note, did you notice how neatly the cars are parked in downtown Walla Walla and how<em> giant </em>the cars are? There are really an incredible number of SUVs in the picture I snapped while out and about yesterday. For the record, I didn\'t snap it because of the SUVs. I just noticed this <em>after</em> uploading the photo and thinking: there\'s something wrong with the car on the right. It\'s out of focus or something. Nope. It\'s just a <em>humungous</em> SUV.','A feeling of out-of-place-ness','','inherit','open','open','','5198-autosave','','','2011-07-10 16:58:41','2011-07-10 14:58:41','',5198,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/10/5198-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5208,1,'2011-07-12 01:19:42','2011-07-11 23:19:42','When my MoM asks me: what do you want to eat that you can\'t get in Bulgaria? The only thing I can ever think of is this: Mexican food.\r\n\r\nIt\'s true, Sofia does have some Mexican food (Hi there, <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>) but they don\'t have the spicy, slightly greasy Mexican food that I dream of topped off with generous amounts of sour cream, guacamole and slightly runny refried beans.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, I have been in Walla Walla for five days now and the closest I\'ve gotten to Mexican food was a bowl of tortilla chips and hot salsa. Instead, I\'ve been eating my way through the best of summer-time America.\r\n\r\nI\'ve had hamburgers, grilled sausage, corn on the cob, snap peas, asparagus, homemade potato salad, spinach salad, Walla Walla sweet onion casserole, coleslaw, dill pickles, fresh strawberries on everything, bowls of cherries and even a few apricots. It\'s been a delicious visit.\r\n\r\nWhat haven\'t I had? Peanut butter. It holds no appeal. What\'s surprised me? A can of root beer. My MoM has tucked away on the bottom shelf of the pantry coke, diet coke and root beer. One afternoon I was looking for something refreshing and carbonated to drink . I glanced over the two different cokes and zoomed right in on the root beer. It\'s not something I would ever say that I missed while in Bulgaria but as soon as I saw it, I thought: I <em>must</em> drink you.\r\n\r\nAnd you know what? I wasn\'t disappointed. It was refreshing <em>and</em> tasty.','Eating in Walla Walla! ','','publish','open','open','','eating-in-walla-walla','','','2011-07-12 01:19:42','2011-07-11 23:19:42','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5208',0,'post','',4),(5209,1,'2011-07-12 01:18:45','2011-07-11 23:18:45','When my MoM asks me: what do you want to eat that you can\'t get in Bulgaria? The only thing I can ever think of is this: Mexican food.\n\nIt\'s true, Sofia does have some Mexican food (Hi there, <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>) but they don\'t have the spicy, slightly greasy Mexican food that I dream of topped off with generous amounts of sour cream, guacamole and slightly runny refried beans.\n\nAnyhow, I have been in Walla Walla for five days now and the closest I\'ve gotten to Mexican food was a bowl of tortilla chips and hot salsa. Instead, I\'ve been eating my way through the best of summer-time America.\n\nI\'ve had hamburgers, grilled sausage, corn on the cob, snap peas, asparagus, homemade potato salad, spinach salad, Walla Walla sweet onion casserole, coleslaw, dill pickles, fresh strawberries on everything, bowls of cherries and even a few apricots. It\'s been a delicious visit.\n\nWhat haven\'t I had? Peanut butter. It holds no appeal. What\'s surprised me? A can of root beer. My MoM has tucked away on the bottom shelf of the pantry coke, diet coke and root beer. One afternoon I was looking for something refreshing and carbonated to drink . I glanced over the two different cokes and zoomed right in on the root beer. It\'s not something I would ever say that I missed while in Bulgaria but as soon as I saw it I thought: I <em>must</em> drink you.\n\nAnd you know what? I wasn\'t disappointed. It was refreshing <em>and</em> tasty.','Eating! ','','inherit','open','open','','5208-revision','','','2011-07-12 01:18:45','2011-07-11 23:18:45','',5208,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/12/5208-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5210,1,'2011-07-12 01:19:45','2011-07-11 23:19:45','When my MoM asks me: what do you want to eat that you can\'t get in Bulgaria? The only thing I can ever think of is this: Mexican food.\n\nIt\'s true, Sofia does have some Mexican food (Hi there, <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2010/12/05/sofias-taqueria/\" target=\"_blank\">Taqueria</a>) but they don\'t have the spicy, slightly greasy Mexican food that I dream of topped off with generous amounts of sour cream, guacamole and slightly runny refried beans.\n\nAnyhow, I have been in Walla Walla for five days now and the closest I\'ve gotten to Mexican food was a bowl of tortilla chips and hot salsa. Instead, I\'ve been eating my way through the best of summer-time America.\n\nI\'ve had hamburgers, grilled sausage, corn on the cob, snap peas, asparagus, homemade potato salad, spinach salad, Walla Walla sweet onion casserole, coleslaw, dill pickles, fresh strawberries on everything, bowls of cherries and even a few apricots. It\'s been a delicious visit.\n\nWhat haven\'t I had? Peanut butter. It holds no appeal. What\'s surprised me? A can of root beer. My MoM has tucked away on the bottom shelf of the pantry coke, diet coke and root beer. One afternoon I was looking for something refreshing and carbonated to drink . I glanced over the two different cokes and zoomed right in on the root beer. It\'s not something I would ever say that I missed while in Bulgaria but as soon as I saw it, I thought: I <em>must</em> drink you.\n\nAnd you know what? I wasn\'t disappointed. It was refreshing <em>and</em> tasty.','Eating in Walla Walla! ','','inherit','open','open','','5208-autosave','','','2011-07-12 01:19:45','2011-07-11 23:19:45','',5208,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/12/5208-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5211,1,'2011-07-12 21:24:35','2011-07-12 19:24:35','I\'ve been back in the States for about a week now. It\'s great to be home. Now Walla Walla is a pretty small town. We\'ve got one high school, a couple of main streets, a handful of coffee shops, two main grocery stores and a lot of cars. The small town me really digs being home and listening to country music, going swimming and grilling dinner.\r\n\r\nSofia me keeps waking up at all hours of the night. Sofia me also wants an afternoon nap and seeing as I am on vacation the afternoon nap seems totally acceptable. The great part about this is that while a nap seems very indulgent within a few days I\'ll have myself on a new sleep schedule and I wont be lying awake in my bed way-too-early in the morning.\r\n\r\nSmall town me loves to drink iced Americanos because they make them with plenty of ice and they are super smooth and refreshing in the Walla Walla heat.  Sofia me doesn\'t really drink iced drinks in Bulgaria because there\'s never enough ice and as a result they aren\'t cold enough for me.  But the last time I went to order an Americano here in Walla Walla I realized that I was prepping my order in my head not in English but in Bulgarian.\r\n\r\nYeah,<em> in Bulgarian</em>. I would have sworn up and down that these things never happen to me but apparently they do.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI\'ve also been struggling with the head shake. Small town me is friendly and helpful (well, I am that way in Bulgaria too) but I keep confusing people with my body language and shaking my head the wrong way. So now I am just trying not to move my head. <em>Awesome</em>.\r\n\r\nSofia me thinks that the bottles of beer in my parent\'s fridge feel kind of small in my hands but small town me doesn\'t care because the beer my dad buys is actually flavorful between the IPA and the porter beers I\'ve been a very happy camper!! In fact, I am having a hard time imagining drinking Kamenitsa or Zagorka again on my return.\r\n\r\nIt\'s funny the way these two different parts of my life intersect.\r\n\r\nIn real ways, I\'ve been regularly reminded of it when I go to pay for things. I am so used to paying for everything in cash that it\'s hard to pull out my debit card. It\'s hard to remember how much to tip. Sometimes it\'s been hard to know what coins I am looking for .25 cent pieces versus .50 coins or even worse 1 leva coins versus 1 dollar bills.\r\n\r\nSo small town me stands at the register and looks in my wallet and tries to figure out which way is up and Sofia me is excited to be back home.','Small town me vs Sofia me','','publish','open','open','','small-town-me-vs-sofia-me','','','2011-07-12 21:24:35','2011-07-12 19:24:35','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5211',0,'post','',8),(5212,1,'2011-07-12 21:24:08','2011-07-12 19:24:08','I\'ve been back in the States for about a week now. It\'s great to be home. Now Walla Walla is a pretty small town. We\'ve got one high school, a couple of main streets, a handful of coffee shops, two main grocery stores and a lot of cars. The small town me really digs being home and listening to country music, going swimming and grilling dinner.\n\nSofia me keeps waking up at all hours of the night. Sofia me also wants an afternoon nap and seeing as I am on vacation the afternoon nap seems totally acceptable. The great part about this is that while a nap seems very indulgent within a few days I\'ll have myself on a new sleep schedule and I wont be lying awake in my bed way-too-early in the morning.\n\nSmall town me loves to drink iced Americanos because they make them with plenty of ice and they are super smooth and refreshing in the Walla Walla heat.  Sofia me doesn\'t really drink iced drinks in Bulgaria because there\'s never enough ice and as a result they aren\'t cold enough for me.  But the last time I went to order an Americano here in Walla Walla I realized that I was prepping my order in my head not in English but in Bulgarian.\n\nYeah,<em> in Bulgarian</em>. I would have sworn up and down that these things never happen to me but apparently\n\n<!--more-->\n\nI\'ve also been struggling with the head shake. Small town me is friendly and helpful (well, I am that way in Bulgaria too) but I keep confusing people with my body language and shaking my head the wrong way. So now I am just trying not to move my head. <em>Awesome</em>.\n\nSofia me thinks that the bottles of beer in my parent\'s fridge feel kind of small in my hands but small town me doesn\'t care because the beer my dad buys is actually flavorful between the IPA and the porter beers I\'ve been a very happy camper!! In fact, I am having a hard time imagining drinking Kamenitsa or Zagorka again on my return.\n\nIt\'s funny the way these two different parts of my life intersect.\n\nIn real ways, I\'ve been regularly reminded of it when I go to pay for things. I am so used to paying for everything in cash that it\'s hard to pull out my debit card. It\'s hard to remember how much to tip. Sometimes it\'s been hard to know what coins I am looking for .25 cent pieces versus .50 coins or even worse 1 leva coins versus 1 dollar bills.\n\nSo small town me stands at the register and looks in my wallet and tries to figure out which way is up and Sofia me is excited to be back home.','Small town me vs Sofia me','','inherit','open','open','','5211-revision','','','2011-07-12 21:24:08','2011-07-12 19:24:08','',5211,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/12/5211-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5213,1,'2011-07-12 21:25:42','2011-07-12 19:25:42','I\'ve been back in the States for about a week now. It\'s great to be home. Now Walla Walla is a pretty small town. We\'ve got one high school, a couple of main streets, a handful of coffee shops, two main grocery stores and a lot of cars. The small town me really digs being home and listening to country music, going swimming and grilling dinner.\n\nSofia me keeps waking up at all hours of the night. Sofia me also wants an afternoon nap and seeing as I am on vacation the afternoon nap seems totally acceptable. The great part about this is that while a nap seems very indulgent within a few days I\'ll have myself on a new sleep schedule and I wont be lying awake in my bed way-too-early in the morning.\n\nSmall town me loves to drink iced Americanos because they make them with plenty of ice and they are super smooth and refreshing in the Walla Walla heat.  Sofia me doesn\'t really drink iced drinks in Bulgaria because there\'s never enough ice and as a result they aren\'t cold enough for me.  But the last time I went to order an Americano here in Walla Walla I realized that I was prepping my order in my head not in English but in Bulgarian.\n\nYeah,<em> in Bulgarian</em>. I would have sworn up and down that these things never happen to me but apparently they do.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nI\'ve also been struggling with the head shake. Small town me is friendly and helpful (well, I am that way in Bulgaria too) but I keep confusing people with my body language and shaking my head the wrong way. So now I am just trying not to move my head. <em>Awesome</em>.\n\nSofia me thinks that the bottles of beer in my parent\'s fridge feel kind of small in my hands but small town me doesn\'t care because the beer my dad buys is actually flavorful between the IPA and the porter beers I\'ve been a very happy camper!! In fact, I am having a hard time imagining drinking Kamenitsa or Zagorka again on my return.\n\nIt\'s funny the way these two different parts of my life intersect.\n\nIn real ways, I\'ve been regularly reminded of it when I go to pay for things. I am so used to paying for everything in cash that it\'s hard to pull out my debit card. It\'s hard to remember how much to tip. Sometimes it\'s been hard to know what coins I am looking for .25 cent pieces versus .50 coins or even worse 1 leva coins versus 1 dollar bills.\n\nSo small town me stands at the register and looks in my wallet and tries to figure out which way is up and Sofia me is excited to be back home.','Small town me vs Sofia me','','inherit','open','open','','5211-autosave','','','2011-07-12 21:25:42','2011-07-12 19:25:42','',5211,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/12/5211-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5214,1,'2011-07-13 21:19:02','2011-07-13 19:19:02','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\r\n\r\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\r\n\r\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\r\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\r\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\r\n\r\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also <a href=\"http://eenk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a blogger</a>) seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter. He suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\r\n\r\nI think there\'s a chance that this true. Across the globe it seems that people are reading less. People are also becoming more and more savvy about the news that they are consuming. I mean look at Jon Stewart he\'s made a career on pointing out the absurdities of the mainstream media outlets. And moreover, in Bulgaria there seems to be very little free media--everyone owe someone something.\r\n\r\nBut what\'s the real issue?What\'s the real problem?\r\n\r\nIs it the <em>language</em>? or is it <em>us</em>?\r\n\r\nI guess another way to put it is the problem what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?\r\n\r\nLanguage it seems is a product of who we are, how we view ourselves and how we interact in the world. So what\'s behind the criticism of Bulgarian language? Is this a call for a more responsible use of Bulgarian? What would this look like? And if all of these people are getting it wrong, who\'s getting it right? And why is it important to get it right?\r\n\r\nI also can\'t help but wonder: what\'s the solution to these troubles?','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','publish','open','open','','oh-no-language-troubles','','','2011-07-13 21:19:02','2011-07-13 19:19:02','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5214',0,'post','',2),(5215,1,'2011-07-13 20:43:59','2011-07-13 18:43:59','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\n\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\n\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.\n\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\n\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also  seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter--he suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\n\nBut what\'s the real issue? Is it what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','inherit','open','open','','5214-revision','','','2011-07-13 20:43:59','2011-07-13 18:43:59','',5214,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/13/5214-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5216,1,'2011-07-13 20:44:54','2011-07-13 18:44:54','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\r\n\r\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\r\n\r\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\r\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\r\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.\r\n\r\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\r\n\r\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also a blogger) seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter--he suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\r\n\r\nBut what\'s the real issue? Is it what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','inherit','open','open','','5214-revision-2','','','2011-07-13 20:44:54','2011-07-13 18:44:54','',5214,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/13/5214-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5217,1,'2011-07-13 21:13:01','2011-07-13 19:13:01','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\n\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\n\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.\n\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\n\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also <a href=\"http://eenk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a blogger</a>) seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter. He suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\n\nI think there\'s a chance that this true. Across the globe it seems that people are reading less. People are also becoming more and more savvy about the news that they are consuming. I mean look at Jon Stewart he\'s made a career on pointing out the absurdities of the mainstream media outlets. And moreover, in Bulgaria there seems to be very little free media--everyone owe someone something.\n\nBut what\'s the real issue?What\'s the real problem?\n\nIs it the <em>language</em>? or is it <em>us</em>?\n\nI guess another way to put it is the problem what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?\n\nLanguage it seems is a product of who we are, how we view ourselves and how we interact in the world.\n\nI also can\'t help but wonder: what\'s the solution to these troubles?\n\nAt the end of the article, Elenko hints to problem of education in Bulgarian and emphasis on paraphrasing versus writing but is it really that simple? He also suggests that with the advent of the internet there\'s no longer a real interest in writing but in someways the opposite seems true--everyone is writing and publishing his or her thoughts. Finally, he ends focusing on the reader who seemingly no longer has the ability to concentrate on more than a paragraph or two.','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','inherit','open','open','','5214-revision-3','','','2011-07-13 21:13:01','2011-07-13 19:13:01','',5214,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/13/5214-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5218,1,'2011-07-13 21:18:43','2011-07-13 19:18:43','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\n\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\n\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.\n\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\n\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also <a href=\"http://eenk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a blogger</a>) seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter. He suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\n\nI think there\'s a chance that this true. Across the globe it seems that people are reading less. People are also becoming more and more savvy about the news that they are consuming. I mean look at Jon Stewart he\'s made a career on pointing out the absurdities of the mainstream media outlets. And moreover, in Bulgaria there seems to be very little free media--everyone owe someone something.\n\nBut what\'s the real issue?What\'s the real problem?\n\nIs it the <em>language</em>? or is it <em>us</em>?\n\nI guess another way to put it is the problem what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?\n\nLanguage it seems is a product of who we are, how we view ourselves and how we interact in the world. So what\'s behind the criticism of Bulgarian language? Is this a call for a more responsible use of Bulgarian? What would this look like? And if all of these people are getting it wrong, who\'s getting it right? And why is it important to get it right?\n\nI also can\'t help but wonder: what\'s the solution to these troubles?','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','inherit','open','open','','5214-revision-4','','','2011-07-13 21:18:43','2011-07-13 19:18:43','',5214,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/13/5214-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5219,1,'2011-07-20 05:54:31','2011-07-20 03:54:31','I don\'t how I got so lucky to have such great friends and readers but somehow I do. <em>Proof? </em>\n\nRecently one of my friends and readers sent me a link to this article:<a href=\"http://edno.bg/en/archives/problemi-s-ezika/\" target=\"_blank\"> Language Troubles</a> (it\'s also in Bulgarian) with a note, thought you\'d appreciate this. And I do.\n\nI read the article and then had to re-read it. There\'s some pretty great analysis about the Bulgarian language and current usage here.  It starts off this way:\n<blockquote>Bulgarian has a problem: it’s hard to find in any useful form. Talking  with friends is fine, but when we’re looking for something longer and  more meaningful to read or watch and listen to, we run into problems. We  need topics and shows that can last longer in conversation than who  said what a little while ago on Facebook.</blockquote>\nAnd the piece then proceeds to dig into the relationship of Bulgarian language and these various mediums: books, magazines, tv, film, newspapers, politics, advertising, blogs, facebook and finally twitter. The case being made for Bulgarian looks rather bleak.<!--more-->\n\nIt also made me think for 10 seconds: why am I trying to learn this language?\n\nThen I wondered about the influence of technology on Bulgarian. Elenko (who is also <a href=\"http://eenk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a blogger</a>) seems to be making the case that the most interesting use of Bulgarian is happening within the realm of blogs and twitter. He suggests that no one is actually reading novels anymore and that media controlled by big companies don\'t have any stake in saying anything substantial.\n\nI think there\'s a chance that this true. Across the globe it seems that people are reading less. People are also becoming more and more savvy about the news that they are consuming. I mean look at Jon Stewart he\'s made a career on pointing out the absurdities of the mainstream media outlets. And moreover, in Bulgaria there seems to be very little free media--everyone owe someone something.\n\nBut what\'s the real issue?What\'s the real problem?\n\nIs it the <em>language</em>? or is it <em>us</em>?\n\nI guess another way to put it is the problem what\'s being said--<em>the substance</em>? How it\'s being said--<em>the style</em>? Or is it a combination of the two?\n\nLanguage it seems is a product of who we are, how we view ourselves and how we interact in the world. So what\'s behind the criticism of Bulgarian language? Is this a call for a more responsible use of Bulgarian? What would this look like? And if all of these people are getting it wrong, who\'s getting it right? And why is it important to get it right?\n\nI also can\'t help but wonder: what\'s the solution to these troubles?','Oh no: Language Troubles?! ','','inherit','open','open','','5214-autosave','','','2011-07-20 05:54:31','2011-07-20 03:54:31','',5214,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/13/5214-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5220,1,'2011-07-15 06:20:45','2011-07-15 04:20:45','I had to take my computer in today for a well-baby check-up. Over the last six months my computer has been getting slower and slower. Now it\'s one of those things that you don\'t notice until you use a reasonable computer and you think: this is what using a computer should be like.\r\n\r\nFor me it was my parents new desktop, the computer I am currently using to type up this post. I used it and thought: I have to get my computer moving faster or buy a new one.\r\n\r\nNow I am laptop-less for a few days.\r\n\r\nThis isn\'t the worst thing in the world. Luckily I can remember my various passwords to gmail, twitter, facebook, wordpress and I think even to tumbler. It\'s just not as convenient to use other people\'s computers plus the monitor/keyboard combination doesn\'t fit as nicely on my lap as my laptop does. My computer is well, mine, and my MoM\'s computer is set up to fit her needs. Different needs than mine.\r\n\r\nThe good news is that while my computer is getting the once over by some computer nerds, I\'ll be heading down to Corvallis, Oregon to visit my baby sister. I hope that the nerds will do a once over, work some magic and have my six-year old computer up and running again. If not I\'ll be buying a new one but I guess these things happen.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, I am pretty sure I wouldn\'t be doing much computing/blogging/internetting while visiting my sister any way. Here\'s what I think we\'ll be doing: talking, gossiping, drinking coffee and wine, eating great local food, going to the Oregon coast and maybe doing a little shopping. That means there\'s just not that much time for me to use and/or miss my computer.\r\n\r\nHip-hip-hooray for little sisters!!','My Laptop','','publish','open','open','','my-laptop','','','2011-07-15 06:20:45','2011-07-15 04:20:45','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5220',0,'post','',0),(5221,1,'2011-07-15 06:20:14','2011-07-15 04:20:14','I had to take my computer in today for a well-baby check-up. Over the last six months my computer has been getting slower and slower. Now it\'s one of those things that you don\'t notice until you use a reasonable computer and you think: this is what using a computer should be like.\n\nFor me it was my parents new desktop, the computer I am currently using to type up this post. I used it and thought: I have to get my computer moving faster or buy a new one.\n\nNow I am laptop-less for a few days.\n\nThis isn\'t the worst thing in the world. Luckily I can remember my various passwords to gmail, twitter, facebook, wordpress and I think even to tumbler. It\'s just not as convenient to use other people\'s computers plus the monitor/keyboard combination doesn\'t fit as nicely on my lap as my laptop does. My computer is well, mine, and my MoM\'s computer is set up to fit her needs. Different needs than mine.\n\nThe good news is that while my computer is getting the once over by some computer nerds, I\'ll be heading down to Corvallis, Oregon to visit my baby sister. I hope that the nerds will do a once over, work some magic and have my six-year old computer up and running again. If not I\'ll be buying a new one but I guess these things happen.\n\nAnyhow, I am pretty sure I wouldn\'t be doing much computing/blogging/internetting while visiting my sister any way. Here\'s what I think we\'ll be doing: talking, gossiping, drinking coffee and wine, eating great local food, going to the Oregon coast and maybe doing a little shopping. That means there\'s just not that much time for me to use and/or miss my computer.\n\nHip-hip-hooray for little sisters!!','My Laptop','','inherit','open','open','','5220-revision','','','2011-07-15 06:20:14','2011-07-15 04:20:14','',5220,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/15/5220-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5223,1,'2011-07-20 06:12:10','2011-07-20 04:12:10','Great news! My laptop came out of the well-baby check-up a-okay.\n\nAnd now I am back to blogging!\n\nWell, more or less. A couple of things became clear: my computer is no longer a baby and I love the internet. In fact, I\'ve sort of missed the internet and my computer over the last five days. So I guess that I\'d better take the computer guy seriously when he told me now\'s the time to start saving for a new one. <em>Awesome</em>.\n\nAnyhow, I\'ve got my laptop up and running and it\'s faster than it\'s been in months. Hip-hip-hooray!!\n\nHere\'s the only thing: in the check-up and spruce -up somehow I\'ve lost my ability to switch back and forth between the Latin alphabet and the Cyrillic alphabet. That makes it hard for me to keep up on my <a href=\"http://daybyeday.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian blog</a>. Thoughts? Where\'s the best place to download the phonetic Cyrillic alphabet? You know the one where the Latin S key produces the Cyrillic C.\n\n<em>Okay, thanks!</em>\n\nOh and get ready for a couple of exciting posts about my weekend in Corvallis and on the Oregon coast!!','My laptop is a-okay & I\'m back! ','','inherit','open','open','','5222-revision','','','2011-07-20 06:12:10','2011-07-20 04:12:10','',5222,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5222-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5320,1,'2011-07-27 18:05:17','2011-07-27 16:05:17','[caption id=\"attachment_5321\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Wheat and a barn\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9142/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5321\" title=\"Wheat and a barn\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a verse from the patriotic song: America the Beautiful that goes like this \"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!\" I learned the song when I was little and I was pretty convinced that the song must be written about where I\'d grown up--the Pacific Northwest.\r\n\r\nOh and the world revolved around me!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNow that I am an adult and I\'ve seen more of the country (and we have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia</a>), I suspect that I wasn\'t 100% correct in my previous assumption. I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9150/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9186/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\r\n\r\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9194/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\r\n\r\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\r\n\r\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9202/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9215/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9210/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9214/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat or is that Amber Grain?!','','publish','open','open','','fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain','','','2011-07-27 18:05:17','2011-07-27 16:05:17','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5320',0,'post','',5),(5225,1,'2011-07-20 18:19:39','2011-07-20 16:19:39','This morning three of my favorite things came together in one place: Bulgaria, Law and Order and the New York Times.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve ever lived with me, you\'d know that I love, love, love the tv show Law and Order.  SUV is my favorite. I like they mystery. I like the actors. I like the resolution.\r\n\r\nAs for Bulgaria, I\'ve lived here for three years and I write a blog about my life in the country.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s the New York Times. I\'m not sure that I could live without the newspaper. I read the headlines every morning. It\'s incredibly important to me know what\'s happening in the world.\r\n\r\nSo when I read this article titled: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20bulgaria.html?pagewanted=1&amp;tntemail1=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=tnt\" target=\"_blank\">Law and Order, Bulgarian Style</a> this morning a few of my favorite things came together in one place. The only thing is, the article isn\'t really uplifting. In fact, it\'s pretty depressing as it highlights the intersection of big business, politics and organized crime.\r\n\r\nNothing in the article was really a surprise to me but it presents the history of politics and organized crime after the fall of communism and the weak judiciary in a very clear straightforward manner.\r\n\r\nThe one thing that jumped out at me from the article were these statistics:\r\n<blockquote>One research institute, the Center for Study of Democracy, has  estimated that Bulgaria’s drug market is worth around €87 million, or  $123 million, a year, and its internal sex trade around €118 million a  year, while the profit from cigarette smuggling is around €307 million a  year.</blockquote>\r\nThe fact that organized crime is making more money on cigarette smuggling than drugs and the international sex trade combined caught my eye. In fact, I read the sentence a couple of times to make sure that I had it right. But <em>really</em> how can that be? They must be smuggling a huge number of cigarettes.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, if you want to read more about the crazy world of organized crime in Bulgaria you should head over here to read wikileaks and their leaked <a href=\"http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/07/05SOFIA1207.html\" target=\"_blank\">US diplomatic cables on organized crime</a>.','Three of my favorite things ','','publish','open','open','','three-of-my-favorite-things','','','2011-07-20 18:20:07','2011-07-20 16:20:07','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5225',0,'post','',0),(5226,1,'2011-07-20 18:18:14','2011-07-20 16:18:14','This morning three of my favorite things came together in one place: Bulgaria, Law and Order and the New York Times.\n\nIf you\'ve ever lived with me, you\'d know that I love, love, love the tv show Law and Order.  SUV is my favorite. I like they mystery. I like the actors. I like the resolution.\n\nAs for Bulgaria, I\'ve lived here for three years and I write a blog about my life in the country.\n\nThen there\'s the New York Times. I\'m not sure that I could live without the newspaper. I read the headlines every morning. It\'s incredibly important to me know what\'s happening in the world.\n\nSo when I read this article titled: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20bulgaria.html?pagewanted=1&amp;tntemail1=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=tnt\" target=\"_blank\">Law and Order, Bulgarian Style</a> this morning a few of my favorite things came together in one place. The only thing is, the article isn\'t really uplifting. In fact, it\'s pretty depressing as it highlights the intersection of big business, politics and organized crime.\n\nNothing in the article was really a surprise to me but it presents the history of politics and organized crime after the fall of communism and the weak judiciary in a very clear straightforward manner.\n\nThe one thing that jumped out at me from the article were these statistics:\n<blockquote>One research institute, the Center for Study of Democracy, has  estimated that Bulgaria’s drug market is worth around €87 million, or  $123 million, a year, and its internal sex trade around €118 million a  year, while the profit from cigarette smuggling is around €307 million a  year.</blockquote>\nThe fact that organized crime is making more money on cigarette smuggling than drugs and the international sex trade combined caught my eye. In fact, I read the sentence a couple of times to make sure that I had it right. But <em>really</em> how can that be? They must be smuggling a huge number of cigarettes.\n\nAnyhow, if you want to read more about the crazy world of organized crime in Bulgaria you should head over here to read wikileaks and their leaked <a href=\"http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/07/05SOFIA1207.html\" target=\"_blank\">US diplomatic cables on organized crime</a>.','Three of my favorite things ','','inherit','open','open','','5225-revision','','','2011-07-20 18:18:14','2011-07-20 16:18:14','',5225,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5225-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5227,1,'2011-07-20 18:19:15','2011-07-20 16:19:15','This morning three of my favorite things came together in one place: Bulgaria, Law and Order and the New York Times.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve ever lived with me, you\'d know that I love, love, love the tv show Law and Order.  SUV is my favorite. I like they mystery. I like the actors. I like the resolution.\r\n\r\nAs for Bulgaria, I\'ve lived here for three years and I write a blog about my life in the country.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s the New York Times. I\'m not sure that I could live without the newspaper. I read the headlines every morning. It\'s incredibly important to me know what\'s happening in the world.\r\n\r\nSo when I read this article titled: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20bulgaria.html?pagewanted=1&amp;tntemail1=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=tnt\" target=\"_blank\">Law and Order, Bulgarian Style</a> this morning a few of my favorite things came together in one place. The only thing is, the article isn\'t really uplifting. In fact, it\'s pretty depressing as it highlights the intersection of big business, politics and organized crime.\r\n\r\nNothing in the article was really a surprise to me but it presents the history of politics and organized crime after the fall of communism and the weak judiciary in a very clear straightforward manner.\r\n\r\nThe one thing that jumped out at me from the article were these statistics:\r\n<blockquote>One research institute, the Center for Study of Democracy, has  estimated that Bulgaria’s drug market is worth around €87 million, or  $123 million, a year, and its internal sex trade around €118 million a  year, while the profit from cigarette smuggling is around €307 million a  year.</blockquote>\r\nThe fact that organized crime is making more money on cigarette smuggling than drugs and the international sex trade combined caught my eye. In fact, I read the sentence a couple of times to make sure that I had it right. But <em>really</em> how can that be? They must be smuggling a huge number of cigarettes.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, if you want to read more about the crazy world of organized crime in Bulgaria you should head over here to read wikileaks and their leaked <a href=\"http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/07/05SOFIA1207.html\" target=\"_blank\">US diplomatic cables on organized crime</a>.','Three of my favorite things ','','inherit','open','open','','5225-revision-2','','','2011-07-20 18:19:15','2011-07-20 16:19:15','',5225,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5225-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5228,1,'2011-07-20 18:19:39','2011-07-20 16:19:39','This morning three of my favorite things came together in one place: Bulgaria, Law and Order and the New York Times.\r\n\r\nIf you\'ve ever lived with me, you\'d know that I love, love, love the tv show Law and Order.  SUV is my favorite. I like they mystery. I like the actors. I like the resolution.\r\n\r\nAs for Bulgaria, I\'ve lived here for three years and I write a blog about my life in the country.\r\n\r\nThen there\'s the New York Times. I\'m not sure that I could live without the newspaper. I read the headlines every morning. It\'s incredibly important to me know what\'s happening in the world.\r\n\r\nSo when I read this article titled: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20bulgaria.html?pagewanted=1&amp;tntemail1=y&amp;_r=1&amp;emc=tnt\" target=\"_blank\">Law and Order, Bulgarian Style</a> this morning a few of my favorite things came together in one place. The only thing is, the article isn\'t really uplifting. In fact, it\'s pretty depressing as it highlights the intersection of big business, politics and organized crime.\r\n\r\nNothing in the article was really a surprise to me but it presents the history of politics and organized crime after the fall of communism and the weak judiciary in a very clear straightforward manner.\r\n\r\nThe one thing that jumped out at me from the article were these statistics:\r\n<blockquote>One research institute, the Center for Study of Democracy, has  estimated that Bulgaria’s drug market is worth around €87 million, or  $123 million, a year, and its internal sex trade around €118 million a  year, while the profit from cigarette smuggling is around €307 million a  year.</blockquote>\r\nThe fact that organized crime is making more money on cigarette smuggling than drugs and the international sex trade combined caught my eye. In fact, I read the sentence a couple of times to make sure that I had it right. But <em>really</em> how can that be? They must be smuggling a huge number of cigarettes.\r\n\r\nAnyhow, if you want to read more about the crazy world of organized crime in Bulgaria you should head over here to read wikileaks and their leaked <a href=\"http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/07/05SOFIA1207.html\" target=\"_blank\">US diplomatic cables on organized crime</a>.','Three of my favorite things ','','inherit','open','open','','5225-revision-3','','','2011-07-20 18:19:39','2011-07-20 16:19:39','',5225,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5225-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5229,1,'2011-07-20 06:13:36','2011-07-20 04:13:36','Great news! My laptop came out of the well-baby check-up a-okay.\n\nAnd now I am back to blogging!\n\nWell, more or less. A couple of things became clear: my computer is no longer a baby and I love the internet. In fact, I\'ve sort of missed blogging and my computer over the last five days. So I guess that I\'d better take the computer guy seriously when he told me now\'s the time to start saving for a new one. <em>Awesome</em>.\n\nAnyhow, I\'ve got my laptop up and running and it\'s faster than it\'s been in months. Hip-hip-hooray!!\n\nHere\'s the only thing: in the check-up and spruce -up somehow I\'ve lost my ability to switch back and forth between the Latin alphabet and the Cyrillic alphabet. That makes it hard for me to keep up on my <a href=\"http://daybyeday.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian blog</a>. Thoughts? Where\'s the best place to download the phonetic Cyrillic alphabet? You know the one where the Latin S key produces the Cyrillic C.\n\n<em>Okay, thanks!</em>\n\nOh and get ready for a couple of exciting posts about my weekend in Corvallis and on the Oregon coast!!','My laptop is a-okay & I\'m back! ','','inherit','open','open','','5222-revision-2','','','2011-07-20 06:13:36','2011-07-20 04:13:36','',5222,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5222-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5230,1,'2011-07-20 18:51:19','2011-07-20 16:51:19','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls in Oregon</a>. It\'s a beautiful waterfall about an hour outside of Portland on the Columbia River.\r\n\r\nThe day that we stopped it was very sunny. My photos are only so-so as a result.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5231\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Multnomah Falls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/multnomah-falls-in-oregon/img_8636/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5231 \" title=\"Multnomah Falls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe waterfall is breath taking. It\'s the tallest in Oregon and apparently the second tallest year-round waterfall in America. That\'s pretty cool.\r\n\r\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5232\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5232\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/multnomah-falls-in-oregon/img_8643/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5232 \" title=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls in Oregon','','publish','open','open','','multnomah-falls-in-oregon','','','2011-07-20 18:51:19','2011-07-20 16:51:19','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5230',0,'post','',0),(5231,1,'2011-07-20 18:44:25','2011-07-20 16:44:25','','Multnomah Falls','Multnomah Falls','inherit','open','open','','img_8636','','','2011-07-20 18:44:25','2011-07-20 16:44:25','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5232,1,'2011-07-20 18:48:13','2011-07-20 16:48:13','','Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day','Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day','inherit','open','open','','img_8643','','','2011-07-20 18:48:13','2011-07-20 16:48:13','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5233,1,'2011-07-20 18:45:46','2011-07-20 16:45:46','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at Multnomah Falls in Oregon. It\'s a beautiful waterfall about an hour outside of Portland on the Columbia River.\n\nThe day that we stopped it was very sunny. My photos are only so-so as a result.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5231\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Multnomah Falls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5231\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5231\" title=\"Multnomah Falls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe waterfall is breath taking. It\'s the tallest in Oregon and apparently the second tallest year-round waterfall in America. That\'s pretty cool.\n\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls','','inherit','open','open','','5230-revision','','','2011-07-20 18:45:46','2011-07-20 16:45:46','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5230-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5234,1,'2011-07-20 18:49:31','2011-07-20 16:49:31','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at Multnomah Falls in Oregon. 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That\'s pretty cool.\r\n\r\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5232\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5232\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5232\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5232 \" title=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls','','inherit','open','open','','5230-revision-2','','','2011-07-20 18:49:31','2011-07-20 16:49:31','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5230-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5235,1,'2011-07-20 18:49:46','2011-07-20 16:49:46','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at Multnomah Falls in Oregon. It\'s a beautiful waterfall about an hour outside of Portland on the Columbia River.\n\nThe day that we stopped it was very sunny. My photos are only so-so as a result.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5231\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Multnomah Falls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5231\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5231 \" title=\"Multnomah Falls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe waterfall is breath taking. It\'s the tallest in Oregon and apparently the second tallest year-round waterfall in America. That\'s pretty cool.\n\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5232\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5232\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5232\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5232 \" title=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls','','inherit','open','open','','5230-revision-3','','','2011-07-20 18:49:46','2011-07-20 16:49:46','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5230-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5236,1,'2011-07-20 18:51:00','2011-07-20 16:51:00','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls in Oregon</a>. It\'s a beautiful waterfall about an hour outside of Portland on the Columbia River.\r\n\r\nThe day that we stopped it was very sunny. My photos are only so-so as a result.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5231\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Multnomah Falls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5231\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5231 \" title=\"Multnomah Falls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe waterfall is breath taking. It\'s the tallest in Oregon and apparently the second tallest year-round waterfall in America. That\'s pretty cool.\r\n\r\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5232\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5232\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5232\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5232 \" title=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls in Oregon','','inherit','open','open','','5230-revision-4','','','2011-07-20 18:51:00','2011-07-20 16:51:00','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5230-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5237,1,'2011-07-20 18:51:00','2011-07-20 16:51:00','On the way to Corvallis from Walla Walla to visit my little sister, my mom and I stopped at <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls in Oregon</a>. 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It\'s a beautiful waterfall about an hour outside of Portland on the Columbia River.\n\nThe day that we stopped it was very sunny. My photos are only so-so as a result.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5231\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Multnomah Falls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5231\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/multnomah-falls-in-oregon/img_8636/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5231 \" title=\"Multnomah Falls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8636-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe waterfall is breath taking. It\'s the tallest in Oregon and apparently the second tallest year-round waterfall in America. That\'s pretty cool.\n\nWhen we were little and driving between Corvallis (where we lived) and visiting our grandparents in Walla Walla (where my parents now live), we\'d regularly stop off at Multnomah Falls to run around, go to the bathroom and to have a snack before piling back into the car to continue the 5.5-6 hour drive from Corvallis to Walla Walla.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5232\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5232\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/multnomah-falls-in-oregon/img_8643/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5232 \" title=\"Me in front of a very big waterfall on a sunny day\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8643-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSometimes the things that you remember as a child aren\'t as spectacular when you return to them as an adult but I have to say the waterfall was just as spectacular as I remember it.','Multnomah Falls in Oregon','','inherit','open','open','','5230-autosave','','','2011-07-20 18:52:24','2011-07-20 16:52:24','',5230,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/20/5230-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5240,1,'2011-07-22 02:37:39','2011-07-22 00:37:39','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister. She\'s just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nThe drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nIn Corvallis, we stumbled out of the car ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8669/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met in Walla Walla one summer and that was that--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents. Initially, I missed Corvallis but I made new friends in Walla Walla and now Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8649/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is I haven\'t spent much time thinking about Corvallis over the last 10 years so to return to the city was interesting. Returning was kind of like thinking about a dream and recognizing parts of the place you were dreaming about but still upon waking up you feel disoriented because you haven\'t  recognized everything and now you\'re not sure where you are. Luckily, it was a lovely dream.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8693/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own one-bedroom apartment and a car. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8704/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, the city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show off her city, her friends and her favorite places.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8712/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8680/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','publish','open','open','','a-weekend-in-corvallis-or','','','2011-07-22 02:37:39','2011-07-22 00:37:39','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5240',0,'post','',1),(5241,1,'2011-07-20 19:07:26','2011-07-20 17:07:26','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. 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Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. There are plenty of parents with children in tow.\n\nMy sister had an ambitios\n\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-3','','','2011-07-22 02:21:30','2011-07-22 00:21:30','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5250,1,'2011-07-22 02:22:22','2011-07-22 00:22:22','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. There are plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-4','','','2011-07-22 02:22:22','2011-07-22 00:22:22','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5251,1,'2011-07-22 02:22:22','2011-07-22 00:22:22','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. There are plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-5','','','2011-07-22 02:22:22','2011-07-22 00:22:22','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5252,1,'2011-07-22 02:22:27','2011-07-22 00:22:27','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. There are plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-6','','','2011-07-22 02:22:27','2011-07-22 00:22:27','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5253,1,'2011-07-22 02:23:32','2011-07-22 00:23:32','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. There are plenty of parents with children in tow.\n\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\n\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\n\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-7','','','2011-07-22 02:23:32','2011-07-22 00:23:32','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5255,1,'2011-07-22 02:24:32','2011-07-22 00:24:32','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\n\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\n\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\n\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\n\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-9','','','2011-07-22 02:24:32','2011-07-22 00:24:32','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5254,1,'2011-07-22 02:24:02','2011-07-22 00:24:02','On Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis. Okay jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (Multnomah Falls and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible. How lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-8','','','2011-07-22 02:24:02','2011-07-22 00:24:02','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5256,1,'2011-07-22 02:27:22','2011-07-22 00:27:22','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister who just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nOkay so jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nSix or so hours later we stumbled out of the car in Corvallis ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-10','','','2011-07-22 02:27:22','2011-07-22 00:27:22','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5257,1,'2011-07-22 02:27:22','2011-07-22 00:27:22','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister who just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nOkay so jump might not be exactly the right word. The drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nSix or so hours later we stumbled out of the car in Corvallis ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met here one summer--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own a apartment and everything. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show her city, her friends and her finds off.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-11','','','2011-07-22 02:27:22','2011-07-22 00:27:22','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5258,1,'2011-07-22 02:37:00','2011-07-22 00:37:00','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister. She\'s just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nThe drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nIn Corvallis, we stumbled out of the car ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met in Walla Walla one summer and that was that--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents. Initially, I missed Corvallis but I made new friends in Walla Walla and now Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is I haven\'t spent much time thinking about Corvallis over the last 10 years so to return to the city was interesting. Returning was kind of like thinking about a dream and recognizing parts of the place you were dreaming about but still upon waking up you feel disoriented because you haven\'t  recognized everything and now you\'re not sure where you are. Luckily, it was a lovely dream.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own one-bedroom apartment and a car. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, the city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show off her city, her friends and her favorite places.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-12','','','2011-07-22 02:37:00','2011-07-22 00:37:00','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5259,1,'2011-07-22 02:37:00','2011-07-22 00:37:00','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister. She\'s just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nThe drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nIn Corvallis, we stumbled out of the car ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met in Walla Walla one summer and that was that--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents. Initially, I missed Corvallis but I made new friends in Walla Walla and now Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is I haven\'t spent much time thinking about Corvallis over the last 10 years so to return to the city was interesting. Returning was kind of like thinking about a dream and recognizing parts of the place you were dreaming about but still upon waking up you feel disoriented because you haven\'t  recognized everything and now you\'re not sure where you are. Luckily, it was a lovely dream.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own one-bedroom apartment and a car. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, the city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show off her city, her friends and her favorite places.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-13','','','2011-07-22 02:37:00','2011-07-22 00:37:00','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5260,1,'2011-07-22 02:37:39','2011-07-22 00:37:39','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister. She\'s just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\r\n\r\nThe drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\r\n\r\nIn Corvallis, we stumbled out of the car ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5243\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met in Walla Walla one summer and that was that--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents. Initially, I missed Corvallis but I made new friends in Walla Walla and now Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5244\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe thing is I haven\'t spent much time thinking about Corvallis over the last 10 years so to return to the city was interesting. Returning was kind of like thinking about a dream and recognizing parts of the place you were dreaming about but still upon waking up you feel disoriented because you haven\'t  recognized everything and now you\'re not sure where you are. Luckily, it was a lovely dream.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5245\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own one-bedroom apartment and a car. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5246\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, the city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\r\n\r\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show off her city, her friends and her favorite places.\r\n\r\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5247\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5248\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\r\n\r\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\r\n\r\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-revision-14','','','2011-07-22 02:37:39','2011-07-22 00:37:39','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5261,1,'2011-07-22 02:38:44','2011-07-22 00:38:44','Last Friday, my Mom and I jumped in the car and drove to Corvallis in order to visit my little sister. She\'s just graduated from OSU and is working there for the summer.\n\nThe drive from Walla Walla to Corvallis is about six-hours give or take. So it would probably be better to say that we climbed in the car coffee in hand, made a few stops (<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls</a> and some factory outlet stores), accidentally drove through a red light and we talked and talked and talked.\n\nIn Corvallis, we stumbled out of the car ready to stretch our legs and explore the city.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5243\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8669/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5243 \" title=\"Local bakery in Corvallis\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8669-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNow here\'s the important part of this story I spent part of my childhood in Corvallis, Oregon. I was born there and we moved to Walla Walla the summer between 7th grade and 8th grade so that my parents could open an antique store. My dAd grew up in Walla Walla and my MoM went to Whitman College--they met in Walla Walla one summer and that was that--so for them it was returning home and for me it was the city of my grandparents. Initially, I missed Corvallis but I made new friends in Walla Walla and now Walla Walla is my home. I don\'t long for Corvallis--real or imagined. So to go and visit was nice.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5244\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oregon Red\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5244\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8649/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5244 \" title=\"Oregon Red\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8649-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe thing is I haven\'t spent much time thinking about Corvallis over the last 10 years so to return to the city was interesting. Returning was kind of like thinking about a dream and recognizing parts of the place you were dreaming about but still upon waking up you feel disoriented because you haven\'t  recognized everything and now you\'re not sure where you are. Luckily, it was a lovely dream.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5245\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Mom and me drink a beer\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5245\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8693/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5245 \" title=\"Mom and me drink a beer\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8693-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nIt was great to see my little sister--who\'s not so little any more. She has got her own one-bedroom apartment and a car. That\'s a far cry from the early-middle schooler I left behind in Walla Walla when I first left home for college.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5246\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My sister buys the beer!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5246\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8704/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5246 \" title=\"My sister buys the beer!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8704-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnyhow, the city is vibrant and hip and my sister knew all of the best places to go.  Corvallis is a college town in the best sense of the phrase. There are plenty of twenty-somethings around so the vibe of the city is youthful and because these are college kids there are plenty of good restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries which aren\'t too expensive.  This said, it\'s not just a party town. Everywhere we went there were plenty of parents with children in tow.\n\nMy sister had an ambitious schedule. She really wanted to show off her city, her friends and her favorite places.\n\nWe had a glass of wine on an outdoor terrace, we ate hamburgers in a local brew pub, we strolled through the Saturday farmer\'s market, we poked around in a bookshop and a home-ware store, we hit up a long time favorite of mine: Trader Joe\'s (a grocery store that just might be worth moving back to the States for) and we made a day trip to the Oregon coast.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5247\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5247\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8712/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5247 \" title=\"Modern twist Thai pizza at Woodstock Pizza \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8712-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYep. All of that in one weekend. I documented the whole thing and I think maybe just maybe my mom got tired of my endless photo requests. Luckily she\'s a good sport and snapped photo after photo.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5248\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5248\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/a-weekend-in-corvallis-or/img_8680/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5248 \" title=\"Coffee at New Morning Bakery\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8680-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnd while I remembered the city and a few of the shops that we went to, I didn\'t really find myself longing for a past that\'s no longer mine nor did I find myself overly sad to leave at the end of the weekend. Everything was exactly right. I got to spend time with my little sister, I had a chance to explore an ever changing city and I enjoyed all of the cafes, pubs and pizzerias that we went to.\n\nIt was a mini-vacation inside of a big vacation!! I didn\'t even know such things were possible.\n\nHow lucky am I?','A Weekend in Corvallis, OR ','','inherit','open','open','','5240-autosave','','','2011-07-22 02:38:44','2011-07-22 00:38:44','',5240,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5240-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5262,1,'2011-07-22 18:31:19','2011-07-22 16:31:19','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8794/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8824/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8833/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8770/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8787/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8791/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8762/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8755/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8758/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8841/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8876/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8862/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8874/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\r\n\r\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','publish','open','open','','the-oregon-coast-and-newport','','','2011-07-22 18:31:19','2011-07-22 16:31:19','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5262',0,'post','',1),(5263,1,'2011-07-22 17:53:10','2011-07-22 15:53:10','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\n\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.\n\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\n\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\n\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\n\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\n\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\n\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\n\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\n\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. 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It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275\" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\n\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-2','','','2011-07-22 18:29:16','2011-07-22 16:29:16','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5278,1,'2011-07-22 18:29:48','2011-07-22 16:29:48','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\r\n\r\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-3','','','2011-07-22 18:29:48','2011-07-22 16:29:48','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5279,1,'2011-07-22 18:29:48','2011-07-22 16:29:48','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\r\n\r\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-4','','','2011-07-22 18:29:48','2011-07-22 16:29:48','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5280,1,'2011-07-22 18:29:49','2011-07-22 16:29:49','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\r\n\r\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-5','','','2011-07-22 18:29:49','2011-07-22 16:29:49','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5281,1,'2011-07-22 18:30:54','2011-07-22 16:30:54','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\n\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-6','','','2011-07-22 18:30:54','2011-07-22 16:30:54','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5282,1,'2011-07-22 18:31:19','2011-07-22 16:31:19','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5264\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5265\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5266\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5267\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5268\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5269\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5270\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5271\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5272\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5273\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5276\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5274\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5275\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\r\n\r\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-revision-7','','','2011-07-22 18:31:19','2011-07-22 16:31:19','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5283,1,'2011-07-22 20:05:11','2011-07-22 18:05:11','When I was little we always went to the Oregon coast. It was the only sand I knew, the only ocean I\'d played in (note played in rather than swam in) and the only place I\'d ever collected sea shells.  In fact, I think that for about five years in a row our family Christmas card photo was taken on a huge piece of drift wood in front of the Pacific Ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5264\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"At the Oregon Coast\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5264\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8794/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5264 \" title=\"At the Oregon Coast\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8794-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThe Oregon coast beautiful. Around Newport, there are plenty of public beach because they are all public and they are sans umbrellas or lounge chairs.  If you want it, you\'ve got to bring your own. The beaches tend to be  wide and long given the tides which have produced over time large swaths of very fine sand. This is no beach of little rocks or pebbles but of course, this is no surprise especially when you see wave after wave pounding the beach.<!--more-->\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5265\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A glimpse of the beach\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5265\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8824/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5265 \" title=\"A glimpse of the beach\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8824-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5266\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Seagulls\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5266\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8833/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5266 \" title=\"Seagulls\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8833-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThere\'s a but however. The but is this: the weather is often grey and cloudy and the water even in July and August is icy cold.  The good news is that when you\'re little you don\'t know that there are other beaches with warm water and white sand which will burn your feet, so you are very happy to romp through the water at the sea shore darting in and out of the ocean but keeping the water below your knees while you play in the waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5267\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"A hint of color \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5267\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8770/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5267 \" title=\"A hint of color \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8770-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis has set me up for a life time of awe and surprise. Like when I went to Florida for the first time at 24 years old and realized that you can actually swim, swim in the ocean.  Or when I went to Montenegro and when swimming and sun bathing on the smooth round rocks of the beach. Then there was Thassos in May with stretches of lovely white sand and the prettiest white marble rocks.  And finally there\'s the Bulgarian Black Sea with white-grey sand, warm water and almost no waves.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5268\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Foggy sea shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5268\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8787/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5268 \" title=\"Foggy sea shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8787-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5269\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"MoM and sister on the shore\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5269\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8791/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5269 \" title=\"MoM and sister on the shore\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8791-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAnyhow, at the Oregon coast the rule is: don\'t turn your back to the ocean. There are serious waves crashing onto the beach. I of course didn\'t take this rule as seriously as I should have. I\'d waded out ankle deep into the ocean and then I turned towards the shore to look at my MoM and my sister Charlotte. They looked great and I told them to pose for a picture. That\'s when I got smacked by a knee high wave. A very cold knee high wave. Oh and my jeans where only rolled up to mid-calf. <em>Awesome</em>. Afterwards, my MoM and sister both announced they wished that they had a picture of me at the exact moment the wave hit me. Me? I was unrolling my jeans to brush out all of the sand trapped in my cuffed pants.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5270\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"In front of Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5270\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8762/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5270 \" title=\"In front of Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8762-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThis cold grey weather on the coast has it\'s perks. One of those is that no matter what time of year it is you want to eat clam chowder. Anyone in the know heads to <a href=\"http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=13368\" target=\"_blank\">Mo\'s in Newport</a> because they make a killer bowl of clam chowder.  They also serve up shrimp salad, oysters, fish and chips as well as fish tacos in their ocean front restaurants. There\'s nothing fancy about these restaurants--just good food and the possibility of sharing a big table with other clam chowder lovers.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5271\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Clam chowder at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5271\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8755/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5271 \" title=\"Clam chowder at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8755-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5272\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo&#39;s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5272\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8758/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5272 \" title=\"Charlotte and Me at Mo\'s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8758-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYou should also never underestimate the power of a good scoop of <a href=\"http://www.tillamook.com/cheesefactory/hope_youre_hungry/ice_cream.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tillamok ice cream</a> on a windy rainy day. You can get a scoop right around the corner from Mo\'s Annex in Newport. Everything seems a little better with a scoop of ice cream as you look out over the bay. My dAd gave me my first taste of ice cream on the pier when I was just a baby. He was carrying me in a snuggly on his chest and as the story goes I was sticking my tongue out indicating that I wanted a lick.  My dAd obliged and my MoM was furious. Ice cream became my first solid food.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5273\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Tasting at Rogue\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5273\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8841/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5273 \" title=\"Tasting at Rogue\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8841-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOnce you\'ve had some ice cream and you\'ve poked into the little shops hugging the bay then you can drive across the bridge to the other side of the bay and stop off at <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Brewery</a>.  Rogue Brewery is a family favorite. You can go on a free tour, you can buy sampler trays, you can get food there and once you\'ve had enough of the brewery you can head down and across the parking lot and check out the <a href=\"http://www.rogue.com/spirits/spirits.php\" target=\"_blank\">Rogue Distillery</a> as well.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5276\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Spirits\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5276\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8876/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5276 \" title=\"Rogue Spirits\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8876-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5274\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rogue Gin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5274\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8862/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5274 \" title=\"Rogue Gin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8862-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nYes, you read that right. Rogue not only makes beer, they are also making spirits including whiskey, gin and rum. You can also go on a tour of the distillery but don\'t expect a walking tour. The distillery is tiny compared to the brewery.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5275\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Five tastings, $5\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5275\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/the-oregon-coast-and-newport/img_8874/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5275 \" title=\"Five tastings, $5\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_8874-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe went to Newport for a day trip. It\'s about 1.5 drive from Corvallis to Newport. We left about 9am and found ourselves in Newport before lunch. So we started the day off with a scoop of ice cream, followed by some widow shopping, a cup of clam chowder and a seafood sandwich (I had an oyster sandwich), we went to the beach until it started raining on us and then we headed over to the Rogue Nation.\n\nMan-o-man, you can have a lot of fun in just a day.','The Oregon Coast and Newport','','inherit','open','open','','5262-autosave','','','2011-07-22 20:05:11','2011-07-22 18:05:11','',5262,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/22/5262-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5284,1,'2011-07-23 17:35:50','2011-07-23 15:35:50','In case you missed the headline in the <a href=\"http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/07/21/and-the-winner-is-ww\" target=\"_blank\">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin</a> (this would be pretty easy to do because the UB doesn\'t let you read full articles online unless you subscribe), Walla Walla has been named by Rand-McNally and USAToday one of <a href=\"http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/The-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1\" target=\"_blank\">the five best small towns in America</a>. <em>What-what?!</em>\r\n\r\nHip-hip-hooray, Walla Walla!!\r\n\r\nMore specifically we\'ve been voted the friendliest town in America. Not bad. Not bad.\r\n\r\nNow I think this is great. I double-heart Walla Walla. <em>Get it?</em> I heart-heart Walla Walla.\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is a friendly city. I\'ve found myself surprised by how friendly they are. For example a couple of days after the 4th of July, a guy who was checking me out at the grocery store asked me how my Fourth was. Then he asked me whether or not I set off any fire-works. Nope, but thanks for asking. I went wine tasting with my MoM and we spent more time chatting with the sales girl than tasting wine.  At the Saturday Farmer\'s Market the mood is jubilant and no one seems to mind milling around and waiting in line.\r\n\r\nWhat\'s more, people smile on main street even if you don\'t know them.\r\n\r\nThese things don\'t happen everywhere and I am glad to have grown up in a town that fosters friendliness. Is Walla Walla perfect? Heck no. But is it a friendly town? Oh, yes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Walla Walla Voted Friendliest Town in America','','publish','open','open','','walla-walla-voted-friendliest-town-in-america','','','2011-07-23 17:35:50','2011-07-23 15:35:50','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5284',0,'post','',2),(5285,1,'2011-07-23 17:34:14','2011-07-23 15:34:14','In case you missed the headline in the <a href=\"http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/07/21/and-the-winner-is-ww\" target=\"_blank\">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin</a> (this would be pretty easy to do because the UB doesn\'t let you read full articles online unless you subscribe), Walla Walla has been named by Rand-McNally and USAToday one of <a href=\"http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/The-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1\" target=\"_blank\">the five best small towns in America</a>. <em>What-what?!</em>\n\nHip-hip-hooray, Walla Walla!!\n\nMore specifically we\'ve been voted the friendliest town in America. Not bad. Not bad.\n\nNow I think this is great. I double-heart Walla Walla. <em>Get it?</em> I heart-heart Walla Walla.\n\nWalla Walla is a friendly city. I\'ve found myself surprised by how friendly they are. For example a couple of days after the 4th of July, a guy who was checking me out at the grocery store asked me how my Fourth was. Then he asked me whether or not I set off any fire-works. Nope, but thanks for asking. I went wine tasting with my MoM and we spent more time chatting with the sales girl than tasting wine.  At the Saturday Farmer\'s Market the mood is jubilant and no one seems to mind milling around and waiting in line.\n\nWhat\'s more, people smile on main street even if you don\'t know them.\n\nThese things don\'t happen everywhere and I am glad to have grown up in a town that fosters friendliness. Is Walla Walla\n\n&nbsp;','Walla Walla Voted Friendliest Town in America','','inherit','open','open','','5284-revision','','','2011-07-23 17:34:14','2011-07-23 15:34:14','',5284,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/23/5284-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5286,1,'2011-07-23 17:35:14','2011-07-23 15:35:14','In case you missed the headline in the <a href=\"http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/07/21/and-the-winner-is-ww\" target=\"_blank\">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin</a> (this would be pretty easy to do because the UB doesn\'t let you read full articles online unless you subscribe), Walla Walla has been named by Rand-McNally and USAToday one of <a href=\"http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/The-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1\" target=\"_blank\">the five best small towns in America</a>. <em>What-what?!</em>\n\nHip-hip-hooray, Walla Walla!!\n\nMore specifically we\'ve been voted the friendliest town in America. Not bad. Not bad.\n\nNow I think this is great. I double-heart Walla Walla. <em>Get it?</em> I heart-heart Walla Walla.\n\nWalla Walla is a friendly city. I\'ve found myself surprised by how friendly they are. For example a couple of days after the 4th of July, a guy who was checking me out at the grocery store asked me how my Fourth was. Then he asked me whether or not I set off any fire-works. Nope, but thanks for asking. I went wine tasting with my MoM and we spent more time chatting with the sales girl than tasting wine.  At the Saturday Farmer\'s Market the mood is jubilant and no one seems to mind milling around and waiting in line.\n\nWhat\'s more, people smile on main street even if you don\'t know them.\n\nThese things don\'t happen everywhere and I am glad to have grown up in a town that fosters friendliness. Is Walla Walla perfect? Heck no. But is it a friendly town? Oh, yes.\n\n&nbsp;','Walla Walla Voted Friendliest Town in America','','inherit','open','open','','5284-revision-2','','','2011-07-23 17:35:14','2011-07-23 15:35:14','',5284,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/23/5284-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5287,1,'2011-07-23 17:36:56','2011-07-23 15:36:56','In case you missed the headline in the <a href=\"http://union-bulletin.com/stories/2011/07/21/and-the-winner-is-ww\" target=\"_blank\">Walla Walla Union-Bulletin</a> (this would be pretty easy to do because the UB doesn\'t let you read full articles online unless you subscribe), Walla Walla has been named by Rand-McNally and USAToday one of <a href=\"http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/The-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1\" target=\"_blank\">the five best small towns in America</a>. <em>What-what?!</em>\n\nHip-hip-hooray, Walla Walla!!\n\nMore specifically we\'ve been voted the friendliest town in America. Not bad. Not bad.\n\nNow I think this is great. I double-heart Walla Walla. <em>Get it?</em> I heart-heart Walla Walla.\n\nWalla Walla is a friendly city. I\'ve found myself surprised by how friendly they are. For example a couple of days after the 4th of July, a guy who was checking me out at the grocery store asked me how my Fourth was. Then he asked me whether or not I set off any fire-works. Nope, but thanks for asking. I went wine tasting with my MoM and we spent more time chatting with the sales girl than tasting wine.  At the Saturday Farmer\'s Market the mood is jubilant and no one seems to mind milling around and waiting in line.\n\nWhat\'s more, people smile on main street even if you don\'t know them.\n\nThese things don\'t happen everywhere and I am glad to have grown up in a town that fosters friendliness. Is Walla Walla perfect? Heck no. But is it a friendly town? Oh, yes.\n\n&nbsp;','Walla Walla Voted Friendliest Town in America','','inherit','open','open','','5284-autosave','','','2011-07-23 17:36:56','2011-07-23 15:36:56','',5284,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/23/5284-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5288,1,'2011-07-24 17:57:25','2011-07-24 15:57:25','Last night I had plans to meet some high school friends and their husbands for dinner. Right now I don\'t have a cellphone or a car so it felt pretty high school.  My friend B. came to pick me up at my house. Only now we have a little more money, cell phones and slightly nicer cars than our parents let us drive.\r\n\r\nThe plan was to have dinner at 7pm. No problem.\r\n\r\nSure it seemed a little early to me given dinner times in Bulgaria which generally start sometime between 8 and 9:30pm but when in America. That and we\'ve been eating dinner at home between 6:30 and 7pm most of the vacation so I was actually pretty hungry by 7pm.\r\n\r\nWell my dAd came home around 6pm and said to me: Oh, you\'re not going to dinner?\r\n\r\nMe: Yes, I am still going  just not until 7pm.\r\n\r\ndAd: Really?\r\n\r\nThe way he asked implied that heading out to dinner at 7pm is rather late.  The funny thing is, he was right. When we showed up at 7pm, every table but the one we reserved was full of people and by the time we left about one and a half hours later there was only one table of other people left eating dessert.\r\n\r\nJust so you know, I guess my dAd was right, 7pm is rather late in Walla Walla.','Just so you know','','publish','open','open','','just-so-you-know','','','2011-07-24 17:57:25','2011-07-24 15:57:25','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5288',0,'post','',5),(5289,1,'2011-07-24 17:56:51','2011-07-24 15:56:51','Last night I had plans to meet some high school friends and their husbands for dinner. Right now I don\'t have a cellphone or a car so it felt pretty high school.  My friend B. came to pick me up at my house. Only now we have a little more money, cell phones and slightly nicer cars than our parents let us drive.\n\nThe plan was to have dinner at 7pm. No problem.\n\nSure it seemed a little early to me given dinner times in Bulgaria which generally start sometime between 8 and 9:30pm but when in America. That and we\'ve been eating dinner at home between 6:30 and 7pm most of the vacation so I was actually pretty hungry by 7pm.\n\nWell my dAd came home around 6pm and said to me: Oh, you\'re not going to dinner?\n\nMe: Yes, I am still going  just not until 7pm.\n\ndAd: Really?\n\nThe way he asked implied that heading out to dinner at 7pm is rather late.  The funny thing is, he was right. When we showed up at 7pm, every table but the one we reserved was full of people and by the time we left about one and a half hours later there was only one table of other people left eating dessert.\n\nJust so you know, I guess my dAd was right.','Just so you know','','inherit','open','open','','5288-revision','','','2011-07-24 17:56:51','2011-07-24 15:56:51','',5288,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/24/5288-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5290,1,'2011-07-25 21:39:19','2011-07-25 19:39:19','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/dog-day-afternoon/img_9104/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/dog-day-afternoon/img_9128/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/dog-day-afternoon/img_9114/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. 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try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/dog-day-afternoon/img_9060/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/dog-day-afternoon/img_9069/\"><img 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In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\n\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img title=\"Rose wine\n\n[caption id=\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" align=\"alignleft\" /><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307\" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nand a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /&gt;[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304\" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-3','','','2011-07-25 21:31:50','2011-07-25 19:31:50','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5310,1,'2011-07-25 21:32:50','2011-07-25 19:32:50','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. 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In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\" \" title=\"Rose wine\r\n\r\n[caption id=\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" align=\"alignleft\" /><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nand a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /&gt;[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-4','','','2011-07-25 21:32:27','2011-07-25 19:32:27','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5314,1,'2011-07-25 21:36:18','2011-07-25 19:36:18','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\n\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - 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In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\" \" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /&gt;[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" align=\"alignleft\" /><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-6','','','2011-07-25 21:34:11','2011-07-25 19:34:11','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5312,1,'2011-07-25 21:34:11','2011-07-25 19:34:11','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\" \" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /&gt;[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" align=\"alignleft\" /><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-7','','','2011-07-25 21:34:11','2011-07-25 19:34:11','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5313,1,'2011-07-25 21:34:12','2011-07-25 19:34:12','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\" \" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /&gt;[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" align=\"alignleft\" /><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-8','','','2011-07-25 21:34:12','2011-07-25 19:34:12','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5316,1,'2011-07-25 21:37:18','2011-07-25 19:37:18','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\n\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5307\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5307\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"And the hot dogs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5304\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-11','','','2011-07-25 21:37:18','2011-07-25 19:37:18','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5315,1,'2011-07-25 21:37:17','2011-07-25 19:37:17','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5306\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5307\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5307\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\"><img src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"And the hot dogs\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5304\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-10','','','2011-07-25 21:37:17','2011-07-25 19:37:17','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5317,1,'2011-07-25 21:38:07','2011-07-25 19:38:07','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5306 \" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5307\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5307\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-12','','','2011-07-25 21:38:07','2011-07-25 19:38:07','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5318,1,'2011-07-25 21:38:07','2011-07-25 19:38:07','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a little lunch it was time to rest... as it turned out a Dog Day afternoon.   Carolyn spread a blanket out on the ground and laid down to take a nap... the puppies laid down next to her - a lazy warm Dog Day afternoon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5303\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Why you shouldn&#39;t leave your camera around and take a nap\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5303\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5303 \" title=\"Why you shouldn\'t leave your camera around and take a nap\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9082-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5302\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Taking a nap with a dog\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5302\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5302 \" title=\"Taking a nap with a dog\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9093-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5305\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Playing Cards\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5305\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5305\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5305 \" title=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9100-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5306\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5306\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5306\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5306 \" title=\"Rose wine and a orange camp chair\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9109-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5307\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5307\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5307\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5307 \" title=\"Oh gesh, cooking hot dogs on the fire\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9112-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5304\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"And the hot dogs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5304\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5304 \" title=\"And the hot dogs\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9113-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Dog Day Afternoon...','','inherit','open','open','','5290-revision-13','','','2011-07-25 21:38:07','2011-07-25 19:38:07','',5290,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/25/5290-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5319,1,'2011-07-25 21:39:19','2011-07-25 19:39:19','You may not know this but my dAd loves to write. In fact, he has <a href=\"http://wallawallalocal.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">his own blog</a> (which he hasn\'t been writing on too much recently). Yesterday we all went up to our family cabin. It\'s always an adventure. You never know exactly what\'s going to happen. Sometimes people pick wild berries, others fish, some people play cards and others cook/snack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5293\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5293\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5293\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5293 \" title=\"Eating cheesy chips in the great outdoors\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9104-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy brother decided that he was going to cut up some logs. My MoM wanted to read her book. My dAd decided he would mow. I figured I\'d poke around and see what was new. It was a pretty great day.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5294\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5294\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5294\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5294 \" title=\"The Family Cabin my great-grandfather built in the 1920s\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9128-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nUntil my dAd got a bee sting mowing the nearly-knee high grass on his ankle. He\'s okay but this morning when I was trying to write a blog post he needed a lot of different things. First he needed to ice his swollen foot. Then he needed more coffee (which I had to make from scratch). Then he told me he needed my laptop so that he could read up on the Tour de France. Then he needed me to show him how to adjust the screen. Then all of a sudden he told me: here\'s your post. Then he told me to put lots of photos in it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5295\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Water under a bridge\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5295\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5295\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5295 \" title=\"Water under a bridge\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9114-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo here it is. My dAd\'s first guest blog post. Thanks dAd!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are certain things that Carolyn likes and or expects to do when she comes home to Walla Walla for a visit.  In the Summer one of those things is going to our family cabin.  It is located in the Blue Mountains, fifteen miles outside of WW.  The thing is that the fifteen miles is along a narrow paved road that turns into a gravel road and into then a one lane dirt lane - it might as well be hundreds of miles... the cabin is a rustic summer place with no insulation and just screens covering the windows.  The cabin is totally disconnected from modern life... no TV, internet connection or cell phone service.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5296\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The creek near our cabin\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5296\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5296\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5296 \" title=\"The creek near our cabin\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9118-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWe unloaded the food and supplies from car, mowed the lawn and then brought out lawn chairs to sit on.  Nick and Kellie also drove up to the cabin and of course brought their puppies along.  Soon there were puppies, leashes and chairs all tangled up together...\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5298\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5298\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5298\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5298 \" title=\"Me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9057-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNick decided that he needed to (maybe had to is more like it - is there a primevial urge for twenty-something males to use chain saws?) try out his chain saw to cut up a downed tree into firewood.  Only one person can use a chain saw at once so Carolyn and Kellie got out an axe and began chopping down a dead tree snag.  While Nick use a power saw to cut wood, Carolyn and Kellie used girl power!  The girls got done first!\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5299\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"More of me cutting down a tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5299\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5299\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5299 \" title=\"More of me cutting down a tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9060-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5300\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5300\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5300 \" title=\"We use an ax while Nick uses a chain saw.\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9069-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5297\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Logs, logs, logs\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5297\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5297\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5297 \" title=\"Logs \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9078-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5301\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Nick with his tree\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5301\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5301 \" title=\"Nick with his tree\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9076-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nAfter a 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I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5322\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\n\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take pictures in the snow.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\n\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5327\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. 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Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\r\n\r\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\r\n\r\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. 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I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5322\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\r\n\r\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\r\n\r\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5327\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5326\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5328\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat ','','inherit','open','open','','5320-revision-3','','','2011-07-27 18:03:02','2011-07-27 16:03:02','',5320,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/5320-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5332,1,'2011-07-27 18:03:02','2011-07-27 16:03:02','[caption id=\"attachment_5321\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Wheat and a barn\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5321\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5321\" title=\"Wheat and a barn\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a verse from the patriotic song: America the Beautiful that goes like this \"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!\" I learned the song when I was little and I was pretty convinced that the song must be written about where I\'d grown up--the Pacific Northwest.\r\n\r\nNow that I am an adult and I\'ve seen more of the country (and we have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia</a>), I suspect that I wasn\'t 100% correct in my previous assumption. I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5322\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\r\n\r\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\r\n\r\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5327\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5326\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5328\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat ','','inherit','open','open','','5320-revision-4','','','2011-07-27 18:03:02','2011-07-27 16:03:02','',5320,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/5320-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5333,1,'2011-07-27 18:05:07','2011-07-27 16:05:07','[caption id=\"attachment_5321\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Wheat and a barn\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5321\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5321\" title=\"Wheat and a barn\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThere\'s a verse from the patriotic song: America the Beautiful that goes like this \"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!\" I learned the song when I was little and I was pretty convinced that the song must be written about where I\'d grown up--the Pacific Northwest.\n\nOh and the world revolved around me!<!--more-->\n\nNow that I am an adult and I\'ve seen more of the country (and we have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia</a>), I suspect that I wasn\'t 100% correct in my previous assumption. I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5322\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\n\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\n\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\n\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5327\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5326\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5328\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat or is that Amv','','inherit','open','open','','5320-revision-5','','','2011-07-27 18:05:07','2011-07-27 16:05:07','',5320,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/5320-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5334,1,'2011-07-27 18:05:17','2011-07-27 16:05:17','[caption id=\"attachment_5321\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Wheat and a barn\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5321\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5321\" title=\"Wheat and a barn\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThere\'s a verse from the patriotic song: America the Beautiful that goes like this \"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!\" I learned the song when I was little and I was pretty convinced that the song must be written about where I\'d grown up--the Pacific Northwest.\r\n\r\nOh and the world revolved around me!<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNow that I am an adult and I\'ve seen more of the country (and we have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia</a>), I suspect that I wasn\'t 100% correct in my previous assumption. I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5322\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5323\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\r\n\r\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5324\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\r\n\r\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\r\n\r\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5325\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5327\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5326\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5328\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat or is that Amber Grain?!','','inherit','open','open','','5320-revision-6','','','2011-07-27 18:05:17','2011-07-27 16:05:17','',5320,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/5320-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5335,1,'2011-07-27 19:44:15','2011-07-27 17:44:15','[caption id=\"attachment_5321\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Wheat and a barn\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9142/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5321\" title=\"Wheat and a barn\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9142-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThere\'s a verse from the patriotic song: America the Beautiful that goes like this \"O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!\" I learned the song when I was little and I was pretty convinced that the song must be written about where I\'d grown up--the Pacific Northwest.\n\nOh and the world revolved around me!<!--more-->\n\nNow that I am an adult and I\'ve seen more of the country (and we have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia</a>), I suspect that I wasn\'t 100% correct in my previous assumption. I\'d guess that the purple mountains are probably the Rocky mountains in Colorado. That the spacious skies referred to are those of the American southwest.   That the fruited plain covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (thanks <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Appleseed</a>). And the amber waves of grain? Well these are probably huge swaths of wheat covering the west and midwest.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5322\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of golden wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5322\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9150/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5322 \" title=\"Fields of golden wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9150-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nSo while the whole verse is pretty clearly not about my home maybe I wasn\'t too far off because we too have waves of grain. Wheat that in the summer right before harvest is amber in color and blows in the wind creating a rippling effect that evokes the waves of an ocean.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5323\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5323\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9186/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5323 \" title=\"Fields of Walla Walla Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9186-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nWalla Walla is surrounded by fields of rolling wheat.\n\nThe days here are long, dry and very hot and the nights cool down. Perfect for growing wheat. It also turns out that this weather (and our soil) is also pretty perfect for growing red wine grapes as well. Oh and lavender. Lavender is a new-ish addition to the valley and loves it here.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5324\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Blade of Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5324\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9194/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5324 \" title=\"Blade of Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9194-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nI went out with my dAd at dusk to try to catch the wheat fields in their full glory--as these pictures demonstrate. (You may remember that I also went out with my dAd in December/January to take <a href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/01/08/walla-walla-and-snow/\" target=\"_blank\">pictures in the snow</a>.)\n\nWhat can\'t be captured is the smell of ripening wheat. I\'ve grown so used it that it wasn\'t until I was actually standing in it that I really noticed it. It smells like the best combination of fresh dirt and home-baked bread.\n\nThe other really wonderful thing about finding yourself in a wheat field at dusk are deer. Deer eat twice a day. At dawn and at dusk. This is because they are clever. During the day they hide in trees and bushes so they are very hard to see but at dusk deer come out to eat. They like to eat everything.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5325\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Curved Wheat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5325\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9202/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5325 \" title=\"Curved Wheat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9202-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nOn our drive, we saw lots of deer out and about. We spotted moms and babies. We saw young teenage-boy deer with newly growing antlers. We glimpsed a few deer that were too far away to see much more than their outlines in fields. But the most impressive deer was the one we saw but were unable to take pictures of.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5327\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5327\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9215/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5327 \" title=\"Artsy-fartsy wheat photo\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy dAd and I were taking \"artsy-fartsy\" pictures of wheat. The close-ups if you\'re interested. My dAd says: Carolyn. And I look up just in time to see a very big male deer with beautiful antlers starting at us about a city block from us. He was velvety brown in high contrast to the golden wheat. As soon as we made eye contact he bounded silently away through the field and before we knew it he was a speck in the horizon.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5326\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"The deer running away\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5326\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9210/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5326 \" title=\"The deer running away\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9210-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5328\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"My dAd taking photos\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5328\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/fields-of-golden-wheat-or-is-that-amber-grain/img_9214/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5328 \" title=\"My dAd taking photos\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9214-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]','Fields of Golden Wheat or is that Amber Grain?!','','inherit','open','open','','5320-autosave','','','2011-07-27 19:44:15','2011-07-27 17:44:15','',5320,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/27/5320-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5337,1,'2011-07-28 08:05:27','2011-07-28 06:05:27','I don\'t really miss driving in Bulgaria. The streets are horrible. Traffic is a mess. Drivers are unpredictable at best and at their worst--crazy, crazy, crazy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5338\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Red Car!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5338\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/shell-have-fun-fun-fun-til-her-daddy-takes-the-t-bird-away/img_9043/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5338 \" title=\"Red Car!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9043-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I came home to the States and found myself driving again. The streets are wide and pot-hole free. People park in designated parking spots and follow traffic laws. It\'s pretty great driving.\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'ve loved driving around town.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5339\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in the driver&#39;s seat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5339\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/shell-have-fun-fun-fun-til-her-daddy-takes-the-t-bird-away/img_9047/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5339 \" title=\"Me in the driver\'s seat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9047-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy uncle B. loves cars. At lot. He\'s owned this convertible as long as I can remember. It\'s beautiful. Until this trip I\'d only ever ridden in the backseat or the passenger seat.\r\n\r\nNow here I am in the driver\'s seat.\r\n\r\nThis is a fun, fun car to drive. It drives kind of like a boat and I think it might be my uncle\'s baby so I was little afraid to drive it but let me tell you, when you get a little wind in your hair and all of your worries fly out the window.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5348\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"I&#39;m driving! \"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5348\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/shell-have-fun-fun-fun-til-her-daddy-takes-the-t-bird-away/img_9052/\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5348 \" title=\"I\'m driving! \" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9052-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nDriving in this car is even more fun than my mom\'s car. Go figure.\r\n\r\nBut what really makes this car is how many people wave at you while driving. Let me tell you, lots of people gave me the head nod, the wave and plenty of smiles while I was driving down the street. That\'s really wonderful. It brings you joy and other people joy as well. I\'ve never had so many people wave at me before just because I was in a car.\r\n\r\nPS: Please note that I do not think that the pretty red car pictured above is a T-Bird but I have no idea what it is aside from a red convertible with a white interior. I just really like the Beach Boys song which is why I titled this post \"She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.\"','She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away','','publish','open','open','','shell-have-fun-fun-fun-til-her-daddy-takes-the-t-bird-away','','','2011-07-28 19:36:14','2011-07-28 17:36:14','',0,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?p=5337',0,'post','',2),(5338,1,'2011-07-28 01:55:59','2011-07-27 23:55:59','','Red Car!','Red Car!','inherit','open','open','','img_9043','','','2011-07-28 01:55:59','2011-07-27 23:55:59','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9043.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5339,1,'2011-07-28 01:58:21','2011-07-27 23:58:21','','Me in the driver\'s seat','Me in the driver\'s seat','inherit','open','open','','img_9047','','','2011-07-28 01:58:21','2011-07-27 23:58:21','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9047.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5340,1,'2011-07-28 01:54:27','2011-07-27 23:54:27','I don\'t really miss driving in Bulgaria. The streets are horrible. Traffic is a mess. Drivers are unpredictable at best and at their worst--crazy, crazy, crazy.\n\nThen I came home to the States and found myself driving again. The streets are wide and pot-hole free. People park in designated parking spots and follow traffic laws. It\'s pretty great driving.\n\nIn fact, I\'ve loved driving around town.\n\nMy uncle B. loves cars. At lot. He\'s owned this convertible as long as I can remember. It\'s beautiful. Until this trip I\'d only ever ridden in the backseat or the passenger seat.\n\nNow here I am in the driver\'s seat. This is a fun, fun car to drive. It\'s kind of a boat and I think it might be my uncle\'s baby so I was little afraid to drive it but let me tell you get a little wind in your hair and all of your worries fly out the window.\n\nOh and I had no idea how many people would wave at me while I was driving down the street. That\'s really wonderful. It brings you joy and other people joy as well. I\'ve never had so many people wave at me before.\n\nPlease note that I do not think that the pretty red car pictured above is a T-Bird but I have no idea what it is aside from a red convertible with a white interior. I just really like the Beach Boys song which is why I titled this post \"She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.\"','She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away','','inherit','open','open','','5337-revision','','','2011-07-28 01:54:27','2011-07-27 23:54:27','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/5337-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5341,1,'2011-07-28 01:59:18','2011-07-27 23:59:18','I don\'t really miss driving in Bulgaria. The streets are horrible. Traffic is a mess. Drivers are unpredictable at best and at their worst--crazy, crazy, crazy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5338\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Red Car!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5338\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5338\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5338 \" title=\"Red Car!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9043-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I came home to the States and found myself driving again. The streets are wide and pot-hole free. People park in designated parking spots and follow traffic laws. It\'s pretty great driving.\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'ve loved driving around town.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5339\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Me in the driver&#39;s seat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5339\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5339\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5339\" title=\"Me in the driver\'s seat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9047-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy uncle B. loves cars. At lot. He\'s owned this convertible as long as I can remember. It\'s beautiful. Until this trip I\'d only ever ridden in the backseat or the passenger seat.\r\n\r\nNow here I am in the driver\'s seat. This is a fun, fun car to drive. It\'s kind of a boat and I think it might be my uncle\'s baby so I was little afraid to drive it but let me tell you get a little wind in your hair and all of your worries fly out the window.\r\n\r\nOh and I had no idea how many people would wave at me while I was driving down the street. That\'s really wonderful. It brings you joy and other people joy as well. I\'ve never had so many people wave at me before.\r\n\r\nPlease note that I do not think that the pretty red car pictured above is a T-Bird but I have no idea what it is aside from a red convertible with a white interior. I just really like the Beach Boys song which is why I titled this post \"She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.\"','She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away','','inherit','open','open','','5337-revision-2','','','2011-07-28 01:59:18','2011-07-27 23:59:18','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/5337-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5342,1,'2011-07-28 02:47:09','2011-07-28 00:47:09','I don\'t really miss driving in Bulgaria. The streets are horrible. Traffic is a mess. Drivers are unpredictable at best and at their worst--crazy, crazy, crazy.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5338\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Red Car!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5338\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5338\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5338 \" title=\"Red Car!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9043-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nThen I came home to the States and found myself driving again. The streets are wide and pot-hole free. People park in designated parking spots and follow traffic laws. It\'s pretty great driving.\n\nIn fact, I\'ve loved driving around town.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5339\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"1024\" caption=\"Me in the driver&#39;s seat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5339\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5339\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5339\" title=\"Me in the driver\'s seat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9047-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nMy uncle B. loves cars. At lot. He\'s owned this convertible as long as I can remember. It\'s beautiful. Until this trip I\'d only ever ridden in the backseat or the passenger seat.\n\nNow here I am in the driver\'s seat. This is a fun, fun car to drive. It\'s kind of a boat and I think it might be my uncle\'s baby so I was little afraid to drive it but let me tell you get a little wind in your hair and all of your worries fly out the window.\n\nOh and I had no idea how many people would wave at me while I was driving down the street. That\'s really wonderful. It brings you joy and other people joy as well. I\'ve never had so many people wave at me before.\n\nPlease note that I do not think that the pretty red car pictured above is a T-Bird but I have no idea what it is aside from a red convertible with a white interior. I just really like the Beach Boys song which is why I titled this post \"She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.\"','She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away','','inherit','open','open','','5337-revision-3','','','2011-07-28 02:47:09','2011-07-28 00:47:09','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/5337-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5343,1,'2011-07-28 03:00:55','2011-07-28 01:00:55','I don\'t really miss driving in Bulgaria. The streets are horrible. Traffic is a mess. Drivers are unpredictable at best and at their worst--crazy, crazy, crazy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5338\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Red Car!\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5338\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5338\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5338 \" title=\"Red Car!\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9043-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nThen I came home to the States and found myself driving again. The streets are wide and pot-hole free. People park in designated parking spots and follow traffic laws. It\'s pretty great driving.\r\n\r\nIn fact, I\'ve loved driving around town.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5339\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"614\" caption=\"Me in the driver&#39;s seat\"]<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5339\" href=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/?attachment_id=5339\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-5339 \" title=\"Me in the driver\'s seat\" src=\"http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_9047-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nMy uncle B. loves cars. At lot. He\'s owned this convertible as long as I can remember. It\'s beautiful. Until this trip I\'d only ever ridden in the backseat or the passenger seat.\r\n\r\nNow here I am in the driver\'s seat. This is a fun, fun car to drive. It\'s kind of a boat and I think it might be my uncle\'s baby so I was little afraid to drive it but let me tell you get a little wind in your hair and all of your worries fly out the window.\r\n\r\nOh and I had no idea how many people would wave at me while I was driving down the street. That\'s really wonderful. It brings you joy and other people joy as well. I\'ve never had so many people wave at me before.\r\n\r\nPlease note that I do not think that the pretty red car pictured above is a T-Bird but I have no idea what it is aside from a red convertible with a white interior. I just really like the Beach Boys song which is why I titled this post \"She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away.\"','She\'ll have fun fun fun \'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away','','inherit','open','open','','5337-revision-4','','','2011-07-28 03:00:55','2011-07-28 01:00:55','',5337,'http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2011/07/28/5337-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),