This is the day that I have been looking forward to for 10 years. Tonight I will be sitting in the Moda Center watching THE Garth Brooks perform. Garth was my first country artist that I listened to and fell in love with! Since I started listening, I told myself that one day I would see him in concert. That day is HERE!!
Before the concert, though, we took a drive and went to find some waterfalls. We headed towards the Multnomah Falls, but before arriving there we stopped and did a short 3-mile hike around the Latourell Falls. We started at the base and went all the way up to where we were on top of the falls and down around till we were behind it. It was absolutely gorgeous!!
After the 3-mile jaunt, we didn't have much time to do the other hikes, but were able to walk up and see the Multnomah Fall. It is huge! We went up to the bridge that is located in the middle too. Such a powerful beauty.
After the falls and a quick snack, we got cleaned up and headed to a super cute little wine bar right down on the water called Thirst. We were able to watch some of the dragon boaters practice too. The ships were beautiful and the colors were popping amongst the yachts and other boats.
After a flight of wine, we walked down the way and enjoyed a fancy meal at McCormick and Schmidts. It was, as it has been, a fabulous meal. The lobster was amazing. After all fat and happy, we headed to the concert!
As we made our way into the stadium it hit me... I am making my dream come true! I am going to be inside watching "Garth fricken Brooks" !! As we watched the opener Karyn Rochelle, who is also a fabulous singer and song writer, it starts to sink in. Then he takes the stage and I get goose bumps! What an amazing entertainer! The crowd was sold out and not one butt in the seat the entire concert!
Garth Brooks' concert was the first entertainer to sell out his shows and so quickly there in the Moda Center. He then even added another date and I some how got lucky enough to get tickets. Garth said several times how moved he was by the support he received from Portland. You could tell other times too by his body language. He would put his hand over his heart look around and would be speechless. Seeing that passion and sincere feeling of gratefulness was very moving. He got my eyes sweating.
There are not enough words to describe how blessed I am to have had this opportunity. Making this dream of mine come true is one thing I will never forget. I wish I could follow him around the world.
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| Beautiful reminder that the Grandpa is with me. An old school Mail truck! |
Breath taking beauty from Portland Women's Forum lookout.
Dragon boat practice. Boats were beautiful.
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Happy Birthday Sister!!! |
Making dreams come true is a powerful thing.. especially when they are your own.
Opener and back up singer. She killed it!
Yup! That is Trisha. No big deal!
My eyes sweat a little bit... Unbelievably amazing!
We met Karyn. No big deal.
