Pilgrim in America

I send a few pictures of our hike today. We walked the same trail as we did with Camille 4 years ago (Multnomah Falls). John's wife used to be also a therapist, and worked with hypnosis. To our amusement he exclaimed that in his opinion hypnosis could be used for more useful purposes. We were wondering what he was thinking of, but eventually didn't find out.

Lunch at the foot of Multnomah falls. I had French onion soup. John asked me about my humanist principles. He thought of himself as an atheist. I explained the difference.

Tonight Patrick picked me up. He showed up with a pumpkin on the top of his head. Halloween gait. On our way we picked up his girlfriend, Sarah. At the potluck party of the Vancouver Church: pizza and juice. Adults, children, most of them in some kind of costume or funny Halloween accessories. There was a book sale, there, too. Dance in the room which actually is the sanctuary. Caller: Mary Devlin. Contra-dance is an Irish dance with French court dance elements. It took shape in the 1700's on the colonies. First we are shown the steps and correography, then the costumed ensemble starts playing the tune. We had four dances, then cookies, refreshments, and eventually an English waltz.