Lebanon, Oregon

We took a nice trip down to Lebanon Oregon this weekend to visit Barbara's sister Dede and her husband Jeff. We brought our niece Tanna, who lives in Portland, along to see her Mom and get some good food. Lebanon is a longer drive than I remembered. For some reason I thought it was between Portland and Salem, but it is about 20 miles further down the I-5 and a little east. It is also bigger than I remembered. It is an interesting mix of small Oregon town and the generic stuff you can find anywhere. There is an old school burger place a couple of miles before you get to town, called Sally Mays, that I want to try out the next time we go down there.

That may be hard to do as you always get a great meal at Dede's house. This trip was no exception as we had an amazing eggplant and Chicken Parmesan. We brought down one of Matt's amazing cheesecakes, carmel and apple, for desert. It rained the entire way down there, but luckily the sun came out and we were able to sit out in the garden for a while after lunch. Dede has done a great job with her garden, she has ton's of vegetables as well as strawberries, and grapes growing back there. We left with a great jar of salsa and strawberry jam. We finished the salsa within 20 minutes of getting home.