Dinner on Willamette Queen Riverboat

For our anniversary, Wendy and I had a nice dinner on the Willamette
Queen riverboat (leaves from Salem and travels up the river a ways and
they serve a gourmet dinner, etc). And yup, we took Kaylee along
with us... we had a great spot on the boat where we could let her play
on the floor next to our table while we ate and stuff.

Learned some new history of Salem from the captain - he's always got tidbits of river lore to share with the passengers. Anyway, I guess there was a civil war battle on the island across the river - where a bunch of soldiers from the South gathered for a march to report back south, but a bunch of soldiers from the North decided to just deal with them right then and there. 12 were killed, lots captured, and more had to swim across the river back towards Salem to flee for their lives. That's the only North vs South Civil war skirmish that took place in the Northwest.

Here's some pictures from our cruise on the Willamette Queen, and you need the family password to view these private photos (as always).

Gallery: Dinner on Willamette Queen Riverboat

Also have a short video clip (no audio)...

Video: http://itzphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/998565/3/85486142/Large