Oregon’s infinite variety

Today’s main event was the going-away party for the youth symphony bookkeeper, who’s leaving for a full-time position at a different local non-profit. She’s also getting married in a week or two, and the event soon evolved into an impromptu bridal shower, more or less. She and her bride are having their wedding at a summer camp, and then going to the Pendleton Roundup, the biggest Oregon rodeo, for their honeymoon. We learned about barrel-racing, in which her 10-year-old niece competes with adults.