Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 130

It seems that no matter where we go there is road construction. Yesterday we couldn't get into Oregon because it was closed. Sorry! Actually it was just the bridge from WA but it has become a joke. No matter how small the town, there is road construction. Orange barrels rule America! Thanks for the info. Windie. We were in Astoria last night, which seemed pretty nice. Cannon City is close by so we'll check it out today. We drove along Lake Crescent twice going to Olympic but we didn't stay there. Maybe next time. It reminded us of Loch Lomand in Scotland (except the hills had trees instead of being bare). Olympic was great. We had marvelous views of Mt. Olympus and the Olympic Range and did two hikes in the rain forest. Incredible! I cannot ... read more

Heading Itinerary: 19 Sept Portland to Amsterdam (arrival 7am, 20th Sept in Amsterdam) 20 - 23 Sept Haarlem with Guido, Carole and Anouk 24 Sept London with Deb 25 - 28 Sept in Cambridge with Stephen, Ann and the girls 29 Sept - 6 Oct in Tuscany at the Villa with Julie & the gang 6 - 8 Oct in Venice 8 - 9 Oct in Rome at the Monastery 10 Oct Fly Rome to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Portland Mom and I are both packed and ready to go! I spoke with Guido today. He'll pick us up (in a suit!) at the Amsterdam airport Thursday morning. Then he has to rush us to his house and head back to the airport to catch a flight himself. He's off to Germany for a quick meeting. So, ... read more

We are getting close to the end. . . or the beginning! The plan is to leave as close to Oct. 1st as possible, but with only 2 weeks left to go that is still up the in the air. Before we leave we would love to get this website to as many people as possible so we can easily keep in touch while we are gone. Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested. We'll try and keep this updated as much as possible along the way.... read more

070915 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon I almost missed seeing this. I was planning on driving up the coast from southern Oregon to Portland, but as I was driving I saw signs for this national park. I’ve heard about it before, but didn’t even think of it as I was planning my weekend. Luckily I had camped just about 30 minutes outside of Klamath Falls. When I entered the city and saw signs for Crater Lake I immediately changed my destination. Driving up to the crater you can see Mount Baldy, Diamond Mountain, Diamond Lake and a whole slew of other mountains. It’s a great view. I find that I keep saying this or that is amazing, but over this summer I’ve seen more beautiful, magical places than in any other three months of my life. ... read more

i am finally making it down to south america! peru and ecuador to be exact, or inexact. i leave in november and will be down there for 6.5 sweet months, i mean weeks. i hope this travel blog thing will allow my friends and family that didn't fit into my 3200 cubic-inch backpack to join in on the fun. they say there are computers in most towns and they even have d'internet, hee haw! i guess if montana has d'internet so does remote peruvian villages at 18,000 feet in the sky! so it might take a day and a half to upload a single picture but at least my words and where'abouts can be broadcasted to my loving tribe. and it might be good for me just to remember what went on in the final days ... read more