Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 127

Ok, so let's start blogging this world trip. I haven't actually started yet, but the practice will be good. First, a little background. Back in April, I decided to quit my job and travel around the world. Around the same time, I met a girl, Jennifer, and invited her with me. The basics, in order to go, would be to decide how to finance the trip, do the research and decide the destinations, complete any paperwork (passport applications, visa's, etc.), buy equipment, and decide what to do about my condo. The hardest thing was figuring out what to do about my condo - which took awhile. I finally found some friends to take care of it while I'm away, and they started living there in October. Before that, things turned sour between Jenn and me and ... read more

I woke up early, did a gratuitous hug to Tace as she lay asleep, and hopped on my bicycle all yesterday morning. It was cold as I rode through Tryon Creek Park and around the outskirts of southern Portland with nothing but a chocolate bar. I wound my way to the other side of the Willamette River and enjoyed a trail I found along the East bank and managed to find a small hiking trail I could climb up towards Reed College. Arriving at Reed was fantastic. A big green field and majestic old dorms lined my ride in as I made my way to Admissions. In admissions a friendly student working behind the desk informed me that I could take part in some activities as Thanksgiving vacation was still 24 hours away there. I had ... read more

it's jen again... amy and brad woke up friday morning in oregon at valley of the rogue state park. shocking, it was raining!! they hit the road to head the remaining few hours up to portland to visit their favorite person in the whole world (me). after landing at rush hour, we showered up and hit the town, well the suburbs, actually. there was a snowboard photography show at a shop we checked out, then met up with friends for dinner. unfortunately, it was at the most so.cal shopping center in oregon, so we used up a gift certificate and ate at pf changs. ew. then we went downtown and met up with more friends at rotture. saturday morning we walked from my house to breakfast (in the rain) at the little red bicycle cafe. then ... read more

Portland!!!!!!!!!!! In the green state of Oregon. Once again another long greyhound ride to get here, though got there without incident. This place was cold!!!!!!!!! I had to put my jumper on for this place, first time in a couple of months lol. I trek my way up to the hostel, on long straight road uphill which I eventually found and checked in. I was informed when I arrived though that a party high school students were checking in that day and would be in my room and using the facilites in the area my dorm was in, I take a rest and these high schoolers show up....they are german!!!!! So I got me and a bunch of german guys in my dorm. Fun.....not. Anyway, I don't realy do much that day but run into a ... read more

Oy! Sorry for the lack of posting! I will update the stories and photos soon, now that I'm back home (and back to broadband!). Many of the places we got online either had slow connections, or older hardware, or viruses, etc.... all obstacles to uploading pics. The nutshell version of the last few days is this: - Wednesday morning: up at sunrise to walk the Kora around HHDL's residence. - Stop for breakfast of french toast, fried eggs and coffee - Wed 7pm, left on bus back to Delhi - too bumpy for a sleeper car! ick! - Thurs morning, back in Delhi with almost no rest. Nap at hotel. - Thurs afternoon, woke from nap and started getting sick. UGH! (in retrospect, the eggs were undercooked - no runny yolks in foreign countries!!!) - Thursday ... read more