Vanna's Choice

I volunteered at Multnomah Falls yesterday and I knew that Vanna White was coming to film some location promotional scenes for the "Wheel of Fortune".  My sister and I went on duty at 1:30 and she was expected to arrive in a few hours - her film crew was there with trailers and trucks and camera booms, setting up for a few hours - then Vanna's limo pulled up and she and some of her entourage and director walked through the plaza.  I said hello to her and welcomed her to Oregon as she went by.  Then I took my camera up and took some photos of her while she was filming.  She waved to the people walking by and trying to figure out what was going on. :-)

The sun even came out and glowed on the plants in the background!

Here is a photo of where she was filming and the crew and the falls behind her.

I had talked to one of the crewmen while she was filming and told him that I was the President of the Friends of Multnomah Falls, the newsletter editor and the webmaster and would love a photo with her. When she was leaving, she was almost gone and that crewman told her handler, you need to come back for this one.. :-)   So, they stopped their quick exit and I went up to stand by her.. she goes, oh, let's turn so the sun is shining on us.. and she apologized to me, saying "I'm sorry I'm in such a hurry." and I said, oh that's alright, I know you have a plane to catch.  And then the photo was taken and she took my hand (her little hand was so cold!) and said goodbye.

What a long day for her, they filmed these clips in many locations yesterday - the waterfront in downtown Portland, the Rose Garden, Pittock Mansion, Vista House and many other locations.  The falls was her last stop before hopping on a plane to head home.

This is a wild flowering berry in the planter in front of Multnomah Falls Lodge.  Wild currant?

On my drive home home the wildflowers are finally blooming after such a long cold Spring - here are some Larkspur - lots of them on the roadside.

There is a huge patch of Camas Lily in this one certain spot, I watch for them each Spring.  The Columbia River is behind it.  This was a very important plant for the local Native Americans, they dug the root and were called "Indian potato".

Aren't they pretty?

I pulled out on the viewpoint and got this photo of a river barge going downriver.

I zoomed in and you can see Rooster Rock and Vista House.  You can see how the gorge has greened up since my earlier photos.

I got home and my son, Travis and his wife Kristi and 2 boys were here - they brought out all the stuff for a BBQ and made dinner on the deck for us all! :-)  The boys are fascinated with the pond!

There are 3 goldfish left - Dayle has bought 19 of them and the Blue Heron and Raccoons keep eating them... ARGH!

Hayden, 3, kept wanting to get closer to the fish.. :-)

Blogger was having technical difficulties yesterday, I had to wait until today to do this post.  I noticed that I lost some comments from my last post in the dust-up.  That's upsetting as I love my comments from you, my friends.  Thanks for stopping by to visit.  ((hugs)) Teresa