Megan's Etsy Shop

With a little extra free time without classes, I've been spending more time working on items for my Etsy shop. I also have made a few gifts... so email me at rootlesswanderart@gmail.com if you have ideas for any similar gifts. Also, check out everything in the shop at www.etsy.com/shop/RootlessWanderART . Lastly, follow my instagram account @rootlesswanderart , where I recently posted an opportunity to win a few items from the shop. 

My sweet niece, Delaney, was born on April 22nd. I haven't gotten to meet her yet, but counting down the days until I'm home in August and get to. I created this to match her room and commemorate her birth date. 

I also missed out on Pat & Hilary's wedding in May, but made this hashtag sign to display at their wedding. (which Hilary appropriately had placed on the bar)

Robert & Liz's Visits

Robert & Liz both visited mid-July for a vacation on the coast and also to see Portland.

Tacos at Por Que No, Downtown & the beach in Lincoln City

Whale Watching at Depoe Bay

Hiking at Cascade Head

Downtown, Rose Garden, Lavender Picking on Sauvie Island

Dinner at McMenamin's Kennedy School (an old elementary school that's been converted into bars/restaurant/hotel rooms)        http://www.mcmenamins.com/427-kennedy-school-home

Weekend Outings

With being new Oregonians, we've been trying to get out and explore more places and events we haven't been to yet this summer. Here are a few:

Fleet Week & Rose Festival Carnival

Tillamook Cheese Factory

Camping in Tillamook State Forest

Trip to Bend, Oregon...and seeing LOTS of mountains

Jess & Ken's Visit

We took Jess and Ken to a lot of our favorite spots and a few new ones, too.
For those of you who haven't planned your visit yet, Ken gave me permission to include his email testimonial about how great it is to visit here:
"I wanted to write you guys an email thanking you again for an amazing trip. I can't stop gushing over it. I must have told everyone I work with everything we did verbatim... I can't stop thinking about all the great food, beer and hiking adventures we had, but most of all great company! Honestly we can't thank you enough for your utmost generosity and hospitality."

Downtown Waterfront

Cannon Beach

Goonies House in Astoria

Sunset over the reservoir on Mt. Tabor

Spring Break in San Diego

For Megan's Spring Break from school, we headed down to San Diego for 4 days. We stayed only a few blocks from the beach in Ocean Beach in an AirBnB. There was a lot of beach time--including La Jolla, Misson/Pacific Beaches, and Coronado. Since Tyler lived south of San Diego in Chula Vista when he was at the Olympic Training Cener, we made a few trips down to visit friends and coaches...including lunch in the cafeteria of the training center. Tyler introduced Megan to the deliciousness that is In-N-Out burger and taught her about the insider menu items ("protein style" and "animal style"). We heard that San Diego is one of Portland's rivals for best beer towns, so we of course went to some breweries, too. Stone Brewing's Chai Stout is one of our new favorites, but we still think Portland is the better beer town. We're sad to no longer be on vacation, but looking forward to a summer exploring more places in Oregon.

Megan's Etsy Shop

I've been working a while to make enough paintings to launch an Etsy shop, and it's finally done! All paintings are made on reclaimed wood which we bought at the Rebuilding Center or Denali Furniture. I use the texture/imperfections of the wood as a part of each unique design which is hand-painted. For more paintings, check out the shop at www.etsy.com/shop/RootlessWanderART . Also, follow the instagram account for updates on new artwork added @rootlesswanderart . I will be taking custom orders (so lettering can be added or existing designs you like can be modified to the colors/sizes you want. Email rootlesswanderart@gmail.com to start discussing ideas for custom orders). Thanks for looking!

Kelsey & Matt's Visit

Tyler's sister, Kelsey, and her boyfriend, Matt, came up for a few days after flying into San Francisco. We showed them lots of fun Portland things-- including shopping on Hawthorne, eating at food trucks, our favorite pizza place, Mount Tabor and Powell's Bookstore.

We did try something new with them, though, called "Portland Esacapism":

Our friend Jen joined so we had a team of five and sixty minutes to find all the clues that would lead us to the door combination which would let us out of the room. It definitely took all five of us to be able to figure it all out...but we highly recommend it to anyone in Portland! (also they change the room about every six months, so any future visitors who want to try this, we would definitely be up for it) Website: http://escapismportland.com

Saturday morning we headed downtown to the market, and we made our first market purchases, which included this awesome succulent magent! We are trying to include lots of plants in the apartment, so this was a fun addition to the kitchen. 

No visit would be complete with out a hike, so we took Matt & Kelsey to Horsetail falls (where you can walk behind the waterfall).