Noor and GMK in Oregon

 

Sukhprem and his brother

Ravijit and Sukhprem just looking to cute for words.


I see a smile coming!


Sukhprem trying to keep an eye on me wherever I went in the room

Oregon Trip 2009

It was a trip to celebrate sister Elena's 50th birthday and Noor's and mine 5th wedding anniversary. We started our trip in Cannon Beach and celebrated with Elena, sisters and friends.


The next day after a hike in Ecola Beach we proceeded down the coast on our way to Yachats. We stopped at this beautiful beach somewhere near Newport.


I'm not sure if this was Devil's Punchbowl but it definitely had a lot of high waves splashing against the rocks.


Noor checked out the view near Heceta Head Lighthouse. After a short stop to look at the sea lions we headed east from Florence to visit my ex-in-laws in Eugene.

We stayed the night at Bob and Norma's on their 3 acres of forested land just outside of Eugene proper.


We visited the rhododendron gardens in Eugene.

I'm holding a sign that was attached to the tree that says "no hanging from this branch."

Visiting the grandkids in ABQ

Jodhan giving me a great smile before eating his pizza dinner.


A coy Vela not so sure about me taking her picture.


Grandpa Noor with Vela and Jodhan.


Jodhan showing us how to eat an ice cream cone in his marching hat.

Rainy Baisakhi - Espanola Nagar Kirtan

It was a rainy day this Baisakhi, but it didn't dampen our spirits. The sangat was still excited to follow the Guru (inside a car) with the Panj Piare down Shady Lane from the Ranch, perform gatka and sing the Guru hymns all the way to the Gurdwara.


Sita and an unidentified friend took shelter under colorful umbrellas.


Guruprakash Singh and Siri Dyal Kaur sparred in front of the procession


The Gurdwara with packed to its fullest with sangat members.


Amrit Singh enjoyed some one and one time with Dharam Inder Singh at langar.

More pics of the Grand Canyon

We just received another disks of photos from Michael, one of Noor's hiking buddies. The following are some of my favorite pics.


Checking the map...now where are we?


The river was so muddy this year they couldn't filter water out of it to drink.


But they enjoyed beautiful arches...


...and tranquil waters.



If you look closely, you can see Noor scrambling up the side of the rocks.


It was so steep in some places they had to repel down. Fortunately Noor is a good rock climber and showed the others how it is done.


He's also the master of a good nap.


The group counts on him for great dinners as well. Here he is busy putting something good together.

March snow - 3/27/09

I know I'm a little late in getting this post up but I wanted to remember this heavy snow we had. Seems we always get big snowfall in March. We were pretty surprised to wake up last Friday morning to 6 inches of snow!



The branches were so heavily laden with snow that some snapped and fell to the ground.



These icicles weighed down the honeysuckle bush which was already showing new spring growth. Good thing is that everything usually melts within a day or so.

Noor returns from the Grand Canyon

The Mountaineers returned today after a week backpacking in the Grand Canyon. Noor gave me a run down on the trip and it sounds like it was a good trip but a very hard hike. It was hot and dry in the canyon and the hike included carrying a lot of water on their backs and repelling down some ledges that were very steep.


This is where they began their ascent through the Red Wall.



On their way to the Royal Arch they came upon a group camping