Miller Family: Grants Pass & seeing Aunt Joan!

After leaving the Washington gang - we hit the road for Grants Pass Oregon! We had no idea how absolutely gorgeous much of Oregon is & specifically Grants Pass. Grants Pass is one of those towns that seems so welcoming & really beautiful!! It was quite a long trip though (longer then I realized when we first talked about going there).

Sunday night when we got there - under the darkness of night - as a covert mission! - No not really under the darkness of night - but as a covert mission (my Aunt didn't know we were coming!) We met up with my cousin Susie (who did know we were coming) and had dinner with her. Then we just visited! It was nice, especially considering I've only gotten to see Susie maybe 4 times in my memorable life! (That is a good thing about Facebook - we can talk much more that way then ever before!)
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On Monday morning - we had made secret arrangements to meet Aunt Joan & Jack at a restaurant in Grants Pass. Susie had told them they would go there for Jack's birthday (which was that day).
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We were prepared and hidden behind some decorations as Aunt Joan & Susie walked in. Aunt Joan's sight is getting pretty bad - but she could tell that someone was behind a tree flashing flash bulbs at her!
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Then I told her who it was!! She was so excited!

We had a beautiful seat on the porch of this magnificent restaurant (pictures below give you just a peek at how incredible it was!)

Aunt Joan and I.

I know that I bring back memories of her baby brother (my Dad) that left this earth way too early! Aunt Joan is the last of her siblings that is still alive.

Susie and I.

Happy Birthday Jack (BTW - the 13th of July was also brother-in-law Andy's birthday! Happy Birthday Andy also!)

This is an artists painting of the restaurant we ate at - this is the side of the restaurant that faces the Rogue River (which is the side we ate on). The upper porch is where we ate - to the left of this picture! Facing the gorgeous river!

This is the front side of the building - the side you enter! The sidewalk has metal fish embedded in them with swirlies in the cement that make it look like a river!

Here's my photo of the enterance & sidewalk (closer up sidewalk pictures below)

As you walk up to the enterance, this is a view of the river (and up on the left of this picture is a portion of the porch that we ate on)

Amie and Grandma looking over a wishing well (water fall)

Here's the view of where the wishing water fall goes (and you can see the porch and rogue river below as well)

This building has to be an architechs dream come true! Every where you turn - there are details that no one person could have possibly have dreamed of!

This was below the porch!

Then one of the most truly amazing parts of this building were the stainless steel art! Anything and everything that could be made out of stainless steel was AND every piece of stainless steel had artistic etchings on them! Most of them were wildlife - but there were some leaves also! Truly works of art & these pictures will not do them the justice they deserve!