What are the chances?

I just had to blog about this.   Newberg is weird.  We went for a walk tonight about 8:00 or so.  We walked up through Jacquith Park, from Main Street over to College Street.  Then we continued on over to Meridian, did a little loop, and were walking down Meridian just a little north of the railroad tracks.  We saw some other people coming, and from a distance it just looked like a couple with a baby carriage.  As we got closer, we realized they had a huge cage on wheels, and inside was a great big blue Macaw.  I didn't take any photos, but it looked just like this:

We stopped and talked to the people.   They have had him about 5 years.  They got him from a woman who got him as an egg, hatched him and raised him.  Then she got divorced and moved to a tiny apartment and couldn't keep him.  Very interesting and very cool to see him.  He was beautiful!

So then, we continued down Meridian Street to downtown, turned right, and stopped at the Voodoo Martini for a drink.  When we left there, we were walking down the sidewalk and there was a couple with a truck and a food cart.  They were putting everything away for the night.  The passenger door of the pickup was open, and sitting on the door, was, a big blue and yellow Macaw.  Just like the other one.  So we stopped and looked at him, told them he was the second one we had seen tonight.  They know of the other one.  

Then we went to Naps, bought milk, and came home.  

Amusing.