Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 154

South Park Blocks Since I gave so much love to the Farmer’s Market in Salt Lake City last month, I decided I should visit one a little closer to home. I have been hearing good things about the market held on the South Park Blocks in Portland, so my early morning foray began there. A sign of a good market is the bustling activity. And the advantage of a community market is the opportunity to hand select the best of the local bounty and chat up the providers of such delicious fare. It is evident by the rapport between the vendors and the customers that this market is a weekly staple for many of the attendees. On this particular Saturday, the market is also hosting the annual Tomato Festival. Long tables with bite-sized portions of succulent ... read more

Welcome to our blog! Phil and I hope that this format will be an easy way to share our experiences and pictures. On the 8th of this month we received word that our visas were finally approved! It only took a month and a half longer than expected.......... Now we are in the scramble to get everything done asap. We have already booked our flights, we leave Portland on the 29th and arrive in Singapore on the 31st (crossing the date line and a 17+ hour flight between LA and Singapore). Then we will spend several days in Singapore with Phil's parents and fly to Penang on the 3rd. Last Friday we shipped off all our stuff to Penang. Fortunately we will be staying in a fully furnished apartment so we didn't have to ship furniture. ... read more

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This will be a short entry. The day was for the most part rainy and we had to make it all the way to Crescent City, CA for the weekend. The day started out cool and cloudy and we made our way to the Oregon Dunes Scenic Overlook. The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area stretches for 40 miles from Florence to North Bend. The overlook is at the northern end between Florence & Reedsport. The Oregon dunes are the largest expanse of coastal dunes in North America. There was a National Forest Service ranger at the overlook and while talking to him, we found out that we could drive on the dunes in our SUV for a $10 fee. He showed us where to go, Winchester Bay, and we planned on driving out on the dunes ... read more

Continuing on, we first stopped at Cannon Beach to see the famous Haystock Rock. One travel book I read said there are about 6 places in Oregon that have a "Haystack Rock", but this is the most famous. We got our toes wet, jumped the waves, splashed around and generally had a great time. Leaving Cannon Beach we went further south to Arcadia Beach where we saw all kinds of cool things, like starfish, barnacles, crabs, anenomes, and sand crabs. Eric, my nephew, showed us how you can grab a handfull of sand near the water, throw it on the ground and watch all kinds of tiny little sandcrabs wiggle around until they quickly borrow back in the sand without a trace. One other thing I did here was to start taking photos of my neice, ... read more