On our way home from the be beach we stopped off in Portland to see if we could find the grave of my dad's birth father. My aunt had told us the cemetery name, and I figured it would be just a matter of asking for the plat number, and we would be done. Well on Saturday afternoon we pulled into Portland, and by the time we were able to find the Cemetery, the offices had closed. So Ray being the wonderful person that he is said we would stay until Monday when the offices re-opened so that we could find Harry's grave site. Well, that left all day Sunday with nothing to do. So, we decided since we had been promising the kids we'd take them to the Zoo for a year now. So Sunday morning we headed for the Portland Zoo. It is a huge Zoo, and everyone was able to find their favorite animal, and spend time watching them. Jake and Ray quickly decided that the Sea Lions were their favorite. Ellie fell in love with the Sea Otter, (there was a baby one there), and I fell in love with the two very big and very beautiful Polar Bears. We enjoyed the zoo very much, and had lots of fun spending time as a family.
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So Monday morning we hurried to the Lincoln Cemetery so that we could get the info we needed to find Harry's grave. But, to my disappointment found that he is not buried there. I was very sad about his. The lady their was very kind and gave me a list of 44 Cemeteries in the Portland area that I can call. So we don't know where he is buried, and I have a big job ahead of me. I have called 30 of the 44 to no avail, but I refuse to give up, I will find him. But I just feel bad that we stayed in the Oregon 2 extra days waiting to see his grave. At least the Zoo was fun, and we have good memories of that .
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