Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 114

Well we experienced the notorious Pacific Northwest Fog today. We woke up to a cold foggy morning in Lincoln City. We’re sorry there weren’t many pictures from yesterday. Lincoln city didn’t have too many picturesque moments and unfortunately the morning didn’t offer many more either. We were surrounded by fog until about noontime, which was just in time for when we came across a great overlook spot somewhere near Cape Perpetua, OR. Huge waves were crashing over these rocks that we could walk right out on. Pretty amazing. From there, we decided to shoot for Florence, OR. The drive on the way there was perfect. The fog was gone and the sun was out. There were more great viewpoints and some scary driving conditions. Real fun though. Florence, OR was surprisingly nice. There was a quaint ... read more

Danni left wednesday morning (begrudgingly left ; ) and since then I have been with out a good friend. It has not been bad at all thus far. I have talked and met a handful of great people and am now surfing a different couch. I am not lonely, I have always enjoyed time in my own mind, and being has already proven to make me more approachable by others. I must focus on gratitude and love and consequently I will be surrounded by it. All of these options and opportunities are staring me in the face and all I have to do is open up my mind and my arms to let them in. I am still fighting with my mind in these first stages of travel though trying to overcome the scared silly thoughts ... read more

3rd July, 2008. On this first day of Ashadha - Ashadhamase prathama divase - the 3rd July, 2008, we started for a visit to Crater Lake which is at a distance of about 450 Miles from Fremont, CA. Another family, Mr.Sandeep Gandhi, a colleague of my son Sridhar, also participated in this tour. We, my wife(Girija), son(Sridhar), d-in-law(Anupama), and their two sons (kids of the ages of five years and three months old) started in our Honda Odyssey Van. Mr.Sandeep along with his wife Sheethal and two kids - one son aged 4 years and a daughter 2 years old - started in their Hyundai Ellantra Car, from their residence in Sunnyvale. The tour was planned on the eve of long week end, the 4th July, the Independance Day of USA falling on Friday. We started ... read more

I just moved to Bend, Oregon and so far I'm loving everything about it! My move started with a nearly 1000 mile drive from San Diego. My Dad and I did it together with help from our adorable little 10' Budget truck. Being in a car with nothing to do but think lends itself to some good introspection, so we had some great talks. It took us two days with a stop at a little hotel run by a family who's technique for verifying the guests had checked out was to go outside and peer in room to room. (At least that is what we think he was doing! Did I mention how glad I was to have my Dad there?) We drove up I-5 until we crossed into Oregon, at which point we took Hwy ... read more

Danni and I have made it to Portland, Oregon! We received a total of 8 rides, some long some short. I started out with 15 dollars in my back pack and we came out with 40 dollars given to us by two of our rides and we were fed 4 times. All of the rides we got we incredible, genuinely nice people just wanting to help out another human being in need. Only one trucker we got a ride from was crass but harmless. Many of the rides we got all we had to do was hang around a gas station with our packs and someone would offer a ride if we happened to be going in the same direction, which was often the case when they asked. odd how that when someone offered us a ... read more