Pat Roach Visits Lauritzen Gardens Thursday December 27 - Christmas Week, my friend, Pat Roach, from Portland Oregon  is visiting his folks.  Today Pat and I viewed the Holiday Poinsettia Show & Japanese  Art display at Lauritzen Gardens, hiked out into the gardens & visited Kenefick Park Holiday Poinsettia Show & Japanese Art @ Visitor Center   The Holiday Poinsettia Show include a Pick Poinsettia Tree and buildings from the Model Railroad Garden. The Model Railroad Garden Building Displays Also see these  Building Displayed Outdoor at Model Railroad's Grand Opening & Week After   "A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever" by Chizuko Takechi - South Hall    Some thumbnails are out of order for better presentation. Hike out into the Gardens    We spend about an hour hiking to the Sunpu Gate and back the Wildlife Tree Pass thru the Victorian Garden Path to the Peony Garden Cranes At  Bird Sanctuary Pat Roach & Steve Adams at the lifeless Model Railroad Garden Above: Sunpu Castle Gate and Mt. Fuji at site of the Future Japan Garden Left: "Startled" - bronze sculpture of a buck in The Song of the Lark Meadow Back at Visitor Center   The Lights in & around tree trunks and lights in the Model Railroad Garden buildings had been turn on.   Kenefick Park  Left: River Overlook & History on the    first Railroad bridge over the river.  Center:  Pat viewing timeline wall.  Right: Union Pacific Big Boy. Pat Roach Visits Lauritzen Gardens

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