Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 115

We had a very quiet morning and just rested. I talked with my cousins and we arranged a time to meet. Ed and Rhonda had been out camping with their motorcycle club and were going to come in the afternoon and Rick was going to see how many of his kids he could round up and bring. So we got to Aunt Mary's around noon and Mariann was waiting for us to get there. We got out and Aunt Mary was standing on the porch too..she knew that the boys and I were coming as they had told her that just to prepare her that they were going to have visitors...and then Dad walked up and she looked at him a bit then said "Are you MY Joe???" and then she grabbed him and hugged him ... read more

What's hot: Coffee in the Pacific Northwest What's also hot: Here, bicycles are more than an afterthought What's not: Serious case of travel cooties requires a layover at Portland. The road: Cloudless skies, crisp temperatures, clean air, laid-back traffic. Travel lesson of the day: Every team effort is susceptible to sagging in the middle. from Kathy: Eureka, CA was an odd stop--a town where prosperity abuts evidence of harder times. On the one hand, the 100-year-old buildings are neat and clean. On the other hand, pawns shops and bail-bond operations are prominently advertised on every other sign in and out of town. Eureka!? I suspect this is nothing new. Eureka was a center in gold rush days, as well as the timber rush. It has a "historic district" that l... read more

Ha llegado el momento de despedir a Portland, y seguir en busca de nuevas aventuras y nuevos lugares que visitar... El viaje al aeropuerto transcurre sin problemas, parece ser que mi maleta al fin me hizo caso y pudimos ir relativamente ligeros hasta el aeropuerto... El aeropuerto de Portland (PDX) no tiene nada de distinto al resto de aeropuertos de Estados Unidos, una gran pega, porque al menos en Europa los aeropuertos tienen algo de característico que los distingue del resto... Lo curioso es que este aeropuerto ha sido nombrado como el aeropuerto del año por el consejo de seguridad estadounidense, ¿Ah si? Pues...¿a qué no sabeís quien ha conseguido burlar los controles no con uno, sino con dos mecheros? Chúpate esa Homeland Security jajajajaja! Ahora, en el aire entre una ciudad y otra me estoy ... read more

I'm finally home from Oregon. Ok, so I've been home for about three weeks, but it's taken me this long to get back into my groove. Let me just tell you that this camp is not what I expected. When I think of Oregon, I think of forest and mountains and those tall trees you see on the license plates. Well I definitely saw that when I landed in Portland, but the camp is a good four hours east of Portland. So I took a shuttle driving right next to Mt. Hood and cutting through the towering forest. After a while, we finally pull out of the tree line, and suddenly there are wide open plains that eventually turn into Canyons. I get dropped off in Madras, and picked up again for another hour of driving. ... read more

Lo primero que he hecho en el día de hoy ha sido ir a desayunar al café que está a unas 4 manzanas de mi casa (por supuesto, local), y el café me duraba tanto que no veía el fin, en serio, ¡que tamaños! Sí, me está creciendo la panza, obviamente. Después del desayuno de repenté me topé con una agencia de vuelos baratísimos y había uno tirado de precio para ir a China, así que me he dicho: ¿y porqué no? Al fin y al cabo está tan cerca de Oregón que puede ir uno a pasar el día (estoy segura de que habrá alguien que se lo crea, y luego decimos de los yankees...). Antes que nada, estoy segura de que le gente que me lee, y está deseosa de ver que escrito en ... read more