A Visit to One Green World

It so happens that last week we took a trip to Oregon, flying into Portland and then renting a car and heading down to the southern Oregon coast--North Bend, Bandon, etc. We didn't plan the trip to Oregon with One Green World in mind, but once we realized we would be spending a night in the same town (Portland) as the nursery that has supplied all our pawpaws, we decided we ought to stop by on Saturday morning (June 18). 

We drove over a covered bridge as we neared the nursery. I looked on wikipedia to see what the point of a covered bridge is, beyond the knee-jerk idea that a covered bridge is quaint and hence is good. Turns out the covering is supposed to preserve the wood of the bridge.  

We arrived! To what we regard as the center of all pawpawdom west of Kansas. Here's the home range as a reminder.

And they were open

One of the workers took us back and showed us the pawpaws, placed under some shade cloth, since they're sensitive to sun during their first year.

Here they are, as well as in the next few pictures.

After looking at the pawpaws, we looked around and NJ pointed out this flower

And the worker showed us a type of kiwi that they sell

And we looked at other plants along the way

Here some of us are, after the visit, out in the parking lot. One of our Portland friends wondered why we stopped if we weren't buying anything. We didn't use the word pilgrimage in our explanation.