Another chapter closed

Thursday afternoon, I finished my 4th class teaching in the radiology course at Oregon State University. Friday evening said goodbye to the clinic for the 6th time. This trip may not have been as exciting as the past. I ended up spending a lot of time on crutches to spare my bad knee and Georgia was sick most of the time. We did revisit the Lodge at Suttle Lake, Three Creeks Brewing company in Sisters, and Tidal Raves seafood grill in Depoe Bay. Got to order in that fabulous Cirello's pizza a couple of times and got lots of stuff at New Morning Bakery. Guess those things make us "regulars" in Corvallis. We didn't eat out as much as in the past, but there are a bunch of new places in "town".. And we were told about some that weren't so new. Dr. Gordon put us on to Mexico Lindo which was great Jason and Misty got us to go to Sam's City in Albany..  It was fantastic also. I'm afraid that our previous favorite oriental place (China Blue) has to take a back seat, except that we have to go to Albany to get it. When we first arrived, Dr. Kinsley started talking about  Le Patissier http://www.lepatissier.net/ a French bakery.. Finally as Georgia was working on getting ready to leave, yesterday morning, I went down and picked up some pastries for the trip... It's an OMG place. He was so right. Apparently it isn't that new, but we hadn't heard of it before. I had never really cared for croissants,  but now I see that I had never really had one. Those pop and serve Pillsbury things are a joke. So now Le Bistro will have to take a back seat also. It is right around the corner from the Market of Choice. That's about all of the new eating we did. Just didn't feel like doing more. Next time, we have a list of other new places that were suggested including the one where Iovino's used to be. Here is their website... looks good. http://delalmarestaurant.com/   Because of a family health issue we are now heading home as fast as we can. Not as fast as my trip last summer, but certainly quicker than we had intended. One of the things we had planned to see was the Oregon Painted Hills. Look it up. We must work that in to a future trip. For now, it's "hit the road Jack"... but hopefully we'll be back.