Location: Phoenix Inn – Salem, Oregon
Time: 1945
Today, the Fanberg Clan started their first vacation of 2010! We decided to take a road trip to see Grandpa Mike and Grandma Kris in Novato, CA.
Anne has been planning the event for months and today we began the journey. We planned on leaving at 0900, but 15 trips back into the house (I am not exaggerating) delayed us until 0930.
We drove until Gig Harbor (15 miles) when Mom decided that she needed a latte.
Moving on, we didn’t stop until Vancouver where we stopped at a fine establishment called McDonald’s. We heard these restaurants are great for travelers. I had two Big Mac wraps and Annie had a 3/4 lb. burger!
After lunch, we crossed the Oregon border into the land of no sales tax! We toured the house where the inventor of erector sets lived (AC Gilbert). It was a huge kids museum. Then we went to a Riverside park in Salem before heading to some all you can eat buffet dinner.
I am writing this on my iPhone as the kids are enjoying the pool.. I am supposed to be watching. anyway, it was a good start to the ten day trip! More tomorrow!
March 27th, 2010 | Tags: road trip, vacation | Category: Fanberg | Leave a comment
It starts one night at the dinner table when you are 17 and the smartest person in the world. You are looking at your father’s thinning hair and you tease him about it. He smirks while tapping his bald spot and tells you how his head is like looking into your own future. You respond with something about how in the future, baldness will be cured, then later you convince yourself that you inherited your grandfather’s full head of curly locks.
Then one day in your early twenties, while in the barber chair, you begin to deny what you are seeing.
Later, you are convinced that the small hairline recession above your left and right temples has stopped, but for some reason you decide to grow out your bangs.
Finally, reality sets in when your kid-brother sees you at Thanksgiving. The first thing out of his mouth is, “When did you start going bald....”
Acceptance hits in your thirties. The battle is over. You stop going to the barber and buy your own clippers and a No. 1 blade.
Revenge is when, one day you notice that your kid-brother is growing his bangs out……
The cycle of life is when your son is sitting in your lap. He taps your head where your hairline used to be and says, “Why do I have hair here, but you don’t?”
November 7th, 2009 | Category: Fanberg | Comments (2)
Coffee. Book browsing.
What do these have in common?
AWAKE intestines.
October 22nd, 2009 | Category: Fanberg Haiku | Leave a comment
I found the largest pumpkin in the field:
More photos HERE
October 18th, 2009 | Category: Fanberg | Leave a comment
Yes We Can!
Fanberg holds Cat/Dog Consortium. All issues resolved… Next step: Democrats & Republicans. Are you beginning to believe?
October 18th, 2009 | Category: Fanberg | Leave a comment
ARE YOU CURIOUS!!????
March 23rd, 2009 | Category: Fanberg, Fanberg Video | Leave a comment
I have muddy boots
March 20th, 2009 | Category: Fanberg | Leave a comment
