Near Miss

Before I begin with the meaning of the title - here are a few more pics of the best 36 hours John and I have had together since our honeymoon.......
One of my favorite features of the Overleaf Lodge where we stayed....
Preparing to hit the outlets at Lincoln City, posing on our patio, prior to eating at Georgie's Bayside Grill in Newport
This is the place where we had our lunch in Downtown Florence - an adorable little cafe, with fantastic home-cooked food - highly recommend it.

Once again, can't say enough about how great of time we had - it was just amazing to reconnect with John, spending time together to do things we both like - horseback riding, listening to music, shopping, even working out - laughing, deep-talks, and other stuff =)........

So, in reference to the title, we were leaving the outlet malls via the inside hallway when all of a sudden some of the service staff started running down the outside aisleway. We left wondering what was up, and as we saw an ambulance quickly approach followed by a police car, figured it was a heart attack or something. However, as we approached Newport, two more sheriff cruisers had their sirens going heading north - and that sparked a conversation between the two of us that perhaps it was a bit more than a health emergency. Sure enough, this morning on the Portland news channel, they aired a segment about an attempted robbery and shooting at the Springmaid store at the outlets. I guess a teenage boy was shot in the face (serious condition) and the police are still searching for the shooter - crazy!

Then, on the way home we witnessed a pass attempt by a vehicle that came SO CLOSE to causing a head-on. The newer version Volkswagon bug that was almost hit nearly rolled over in their attempts to swerve away from the idiot doing the passing.

So, all that to say, I'm happy to report that I'm now blogging from my home, safe and sound - Phew! Oh, and special thanks to Michele - our kids barely registered that we'd left, they all had so much fun together........