Wow. What a day. We made it to Multnomah Falls and had a nice time there. Since it's almost winter and quite chilly out, there weren't very many people. The waterfall was flowing well and everyone enjoyed it. We had a nice lunch, stopped in the gift shop and started making our way back to Portland. On the way, we stopped at Crown Point for the great views of the Columbia River Gorge. It was incredibly windy, but we decided to get out of the van for a few minutes. Dad, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, got out and started walking around the front of the van. I looked away for one second and, when I looked back, he was gone. Yup, he had tripped and fallen. For those who don't know, my dad is overweight, has lots of issues with his joints and struggles to walk even with a cane. Any fall, but especially one on pavement, is a very bad thing. He landed on his left side and hurt his shoulder and thought he might have cracked a rib. Not good. We got him up and back in the van then headed for an emergency room. Long story short, after what felt like a million hours (only about three in reality), the x-rays showed no broken or fractured bones. Phew! He's going to be beyond sore for a while, but he should be fine eventually. He has ice packs and pain pills to get him through the night. We'll see how he's feeling in the morning.

Needless to say, we ended up canceling our dinner reservations and no one got their nap. We had a simple dinner here at our house and watched TV for a while afterward. Not exactly what we were planning, but no one cared because we were all so happy Dad's injuries weren't worse and he didn't have to be checked into the hospital overnight. As for tomorrow, the original plan was to have dinner at my in-laws', but they've both been horribly sick with colds and that was canceled several days ago. Other than that, nothing else was ever planned, which is probably a very good thing now since we don't know how Dad is going to feel. We'll probably end up watching movies and maybe playing some games. I won't mind spending the day at home since I need to start prepping stuff for dinner on Thursday anyway.