Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 151

February 2-16, 2006 Port Angeles, Wash. - Portland, Ore. Mile 323 Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! See the cute Valentine I made for Jeff at a Montesorri school gathering? It’s in the shape of Matilda, our trusty VW van. Which has been running like a charm, by the way, since its engine trouble last month. And we have finally left our home state of Washington! On Feb. 11 we crossed the Columbia River into Oregon, so the road trip is officially interstate. This is our last day in Portland, where we have been lying low for the last four days because… …I (Shelly) got sick. Yes, the latest test for us intrepid trippers has been a cold-turned-sinus infection for yours truly. The origin of the virus is unknown, but since every family we’ve been staying with has ... read more

road trip with the family to oregon. i say, "visiting the cousin", because... to my knowledge, he is my only cousin. family couldnt be too much smaller. So visited some fam with the fam. along the coast of oregon. yahacts...? something like that. anywho, beautiful place. took some cool hikes, beaches, althogh much different from most socal beacher, were quite nice. i think some were black sand. a bit young. did the drive through tree on the way up. stopped to see some seal named ralph at a small marine park. looooong drive.... read more

I flew into Medford, Oregon from Witchita, Kansas yesterday. It was a hell of a travel day because I worked in Sterling, Kansas the night before, and there wasn't time to sleep before the 7:30am flight. Then there was a 4 hour layover in Denver, and finally, a 3 hour flight to Medford. Luckily, I got last night off...don't think I could have worked anyway after being up for over 30 hours. My first impressions of Medford-wet, green and so far the people don't seem too friendly. I hope that changes, but I'll only be here for another day or two.... read more

Hello All! Well it has been a while since our last blog - but after an awesome xmas trip we thought we would share with you some of our photos and adventures. How could we refuse and invitation from a long lost uni friend of Mel's, Courtney and her husband Dave to join them for Xmas. We headed off at the crack of dawn taking the bus to Seattle (thankfully no rubber gloves were involved in crossing the border just a few questions and we were back on the bus and on our way) at Seattle we boarded a train to Portland. The train was great - lots of leg room, very relaxing with views of the water where we spotted some seals! We loved visiting Portland, Courtney and Dave showed us around including a trip ... read more

We woke up this morning in the Presidential Canopy Suite of Portland's White House. After receiving several birthday calls from friends and family, The Boy (and The Girl) went downstairs for a delicious birthday breakfast. Over French toast and bacon, we enjoyed the company of our fellow inn patrons. Across the table, sat a couple from Seattle, Matt and Amy, who were spending a few days in Portland on vacation. We told them about our West Coast Adventure and smiled as we discovered that Matt works at Adobe Macromedia in Seattle in the Sales and Support department. He explained that Adobe Macromedia was undergoing several exciting changes following their recent merger, and was hiring in many departments. We still do not know where our path will take us, but in honor of our West Coast Synchronicities, ... read more