Blogs from Portland, Oregon, United States, North America - page 37

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Oregon is lovely. I dont have any exciting photos and wild tales. All I can say is that , stephs house is nice, and I sleep alot. Really. Ive been spending my days hanging out with her nephew Josh, we walk down to target, or taco bell, and today I got a skateboard and ive just been bumming around on that. I cant even ollie on the ground, so ive a long way to go yet! The baseball game last night was ace, Ill upload pics soon. Im just being lazy here, which is nice :) adio$ xo... read more

Portland, Oregon is a haven for outdoor lovers like me. Blessed with Endless Scenery all within an hour or two's drive of Portland this short trip last week was a whole lot of fun. I took a flight out of Des Moines, Ia at 6.15 PM and landed in Portland, Or sometime close to 11 PM..I had a layover at Denver, Co where i had enough time to recharge my laptop and I-Pod. I was watching a movie on my laptop on the flight from Denever to Portland, when the Pilot called out on the PA and told us to look out for Mt Hood on the left and Mt Adams and Mt Rainier on the right. Now this being my first trip to the NorthWest, I hardly expected snow on the mountains. Since i ... read more

Sarah and I will be leaving for Paris on Tuesday. We are both a little stressed but also really excited. i haven't been sleeping that well so i've been like a zombie at work. we have to go to Seattle tomorrow (sunday) night so that we can be at the regional passport agency at 8:00 AM to get my passport. I applied for it in February and was told it would only take 6-7 weeks to get it, but alas, after 10 weeks it has still not arrived, so off to Seattle it is. Talk about cutting it close! The plane leaves around eleven on Tuesday. I will be taking Nyquil and trying to sleep through a good portion of the plane ride in order to combat jet-lag as well as my fear of flying. Everything ... read more

Pepto Bismal, Charcoal, Grapefruit seed extract, Talcum Powder, Wormwood, Garlic, Probiotics, vitamins, greenfood, Malaria Pills, 34% Deet mosquito repellent, aloe vera gel, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, first aid kit, iodine pills, emergen-C, pencils for the village kids and one sherpa. Did we forget anything? Our flight leaves in three hours. Tokyo then Bangkok then who knows where. A little over four weeks in possibly four countries—Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. We didn't make one reservation. In fact, we didn't order our guidebooks until last week. But we're ready. We need this trip...to rejuvenate, invigorate and rediscover our creativity and passion. It's not just a vacation; it's an adventure into what could possibly be our very own Heart of Darkness. ... read more