Author: Jean Rhodes

“Where’s Mom? was my first question to my Dad when I came downstairs for breakfast. I was puzzled that my hard-working Mom, who at this time was running a Boarding-House just so we could get by, was absent. He looked up with deep concern. “In the hospital, I hope.” “What?! What happened?” “She got a…

This story starts on the tripod base of three cities on the West Coast of North America, starting with  Portland, Oregon then Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver,B.C. Bob and I were active members of the A.R.S (America Rhododendron Society) in 1975 and  when we heard that the Portland Chapter was planning a trip to England, we…