This May, Trix & Caroline went back to Oregon to see Ren, the land at Bend and of course to check out Ren's new friend Laurie. They went "cattle class", with a nightmare flight change in Chicago (again), which took 2 days to get over. (Hmm, no need to explain why I didn't go with them !) They recovered, Laurie & her daughter Chloe were lovely, the weather turned out ok & the logs arrived at Bend. Whilst a nieghbour stops by to check out a stubbon tree root, Ren & the girls are invited to check out a nearby cabin project that Cliff (out general contractor) started earlier ... Like an old style barn raising, there are no spectators & Ren was soon hard at work on construction while Trix & Caro lent a hand with the refreshments.