http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Oregon en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:02:29 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:02:29 +0000 I think using photographs and video's may be a cheat. It's harder to describe something when you know you can just relay on photos and videos but that's okay. I will do my best for you.My mother and I decided that the 28th would be a good day to go out to the Aquarium. Which is in Newport. Looking up the directions we discovered that there is a Toledo OR. This is funny to me as most of my family http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Newport/blog-463513.html Well because I could not put up that footage of beautiful Santa Barbara last time I bring you three videos of Florence. I did label one downtown shops but it's really just one. And it's really just a mural. Though I think it's very pretty.Not much to report my first full day in Florence my mother drove me to the shops on the marina. At least I think that is what you would call it. I guess in May http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Florence/blog-463504.html After the Hot Springs I drove to Bend on October 21st. Bend was extremely beautiful and refreshing. Colorful fall weather and again some really great people that crossed my way. Among them a lady with Luxembourgish origins I bumped into accidentally one evening when I got lost on my way to my great couchsurfing hosts Elizabeth and Brandon and their housemates Jennifer and Chuck. We connected http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Bend/blog-463265.html After leaving Portland I went to the Bagby Hot Springs beautiful and rustic spot at one hour foot walk into the woods. I arrived late and ended up staying all night in a big wooden hot tub with a quite funny and diverse group of people. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/blog-463252.html After Rainier and St Helens I arrived in Portland where I ended up staying another week at Lanz' and Christen's place. For once my wonderful hosts were not couchsurfers but Lanz is a friend of a friend of mine in Luxembourg who told me to contact her. Lanz and Christen were amazingly welcoming and we had a truly great time together making grape juice playing music going for coffee long conver http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-463235.html Unfortunately I have no photos to post. My cell phone died as I was coming out of the station and I didn't yet have a camera. So this will have to do. I hope my description is enough to let you know what I am talking about. I arrived in Eugene but did not leave right away for Florence. I met my mother at the train depot and we went to lunch. We went to a Japanese restaurant near the station only a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Eugene/blog-463090.html We left Roseburg heading north to Sutherlin and West on 138 to get to 101. It was a great drive really beautiful scenery and the Dodge handled the hills and corners really well. I on the other hand was not as fortunate. Bob is a great driver but Irsquove decided that Irsquom not the best passenger. I white knuckled just about every even remotely sharp corner. Visions of streaks of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Brookings/blog-460617.html Recently I noticed that I hadn't contributed to the travel blog and It's time to update my directions so that I can really get my projects together and find some new friends and a new life. over the past few months i have been extremely busy trying to give my mother a cruise. that failed terribly why she passed away while I was preparing to get the trip booked I has taken me a minute to get the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Forest-Grove/blog-458644.html I made it home...my luggage hasn't. Big SighIndia was wonderful but I am happy to be home. In reflection it was a very agressive schedule and I'm not sure I would do the trip the same way if I were to replan it. I was trying to see as much as possible but spending no more than 2 nights in any town can take its toll on a person. India is a huge country and I wish I could have seen more of i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-458388.html So we met up with Jon to go home with him the the Oregon Coast for thanksgiving. It was indescribable. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/blog-458262.html After recruiting friends and neighbors to watch the homestead for the duration we departed Tuesday morning Dec 1 09 for our snowbird adventure to Arizona.We have cameras motion sensors telephone triggers alarms etc. And a couple of sheriffrsquos deputies living in the lsquohood. Our 5th wheel rig Uncle Joe was in the driveway for three days before departure. We loaded it up and g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Grants-Pass/blog-457853.html Nu er der get 2 uger s tnkte at jeg hellere mtte tage mig sammen og f skrevet en update. Ugen fra d.16 november til d. 22 var egentlig bare en almindelig skole uge med skole lektier og trning. Torsdag havde vi besg af en afrikansk hndtrommeslager. Han fortalte om afrikanske trommer og den forskellige lyde de kan lave og hvordan man spiller p dem. Han fortalte ogs om kulturen og historie http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-457637.html This year I spent Thanksgiving with son Eric in Portland Oregon. Here are some photos of my 4 days there as well as others illustrating my activities in the SF Bay Area. I'll be going back to Paris for the Christmas holidays but will be returning to Berkeley from midJanuary until May. Please read my new Campanile piece at Hilary Kaiser's weblog . http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/blog-455443.html We flew into Portland Yea I told Desi I would kiss the ground when we got there. However I was too distracted by the fresh moist pineneedley air. I would still kiss the ground any day anywhere in Portland. It has to be about 1000 times cleaner than the ground I trudge through here...hehhee...These are just some of our Portland photos before and after our trips across the U.S. to Colorado http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-455031.html S er endnu endnu endnu en uge get.. manner som tiden dog bare gr hurtigt. Som sdvanlig har jeg bare haft en almindelig uge eller nsten.Mandag var ikke noget specielt bare skole lektier og racquetball trning.Tirsdag er heller ikke rigtig noget at skrive om. Igen bare skole og lektier. Jo i toget p vej hjem var der en hjemls mand der pludselig faldt om. Folk gik nrmest i panik. Det vis http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-454007.html By melisseBack in September we spent some days on the Oregon Sand Dunes. We were far away from internet access at the time on the move and not writing much about our experiences in order to share them with you. So Irsquod like to take this opportunity to reminisce now.The dunes are an otherworldly place. The smooth beige unmarred silky windswept rolling expanse has an immense elegance. I f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/blog-452960.html Endnu er uge er get hurtigt.Har egentlig bare haft en helt almindelig uge med skole lektier og trning s det gider jeg som ikke g i detaljer med .. Fredag var skolen s lukket fordi first grading period slutter. S det var lige en smule forlnget weekend.. LKKERT .. Overraskende nok stod jeg op lidt i 9 og besluttede mig s for at tage til The MAC fitness klubben tingen Fatter ikke h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-452307.html Endnu er uge er get hurtigt.Har egentlig bare haft en helt almindelig uge med skole lektier og trning s det gider jeg som ikke g i detaljer med .. Fredag var skolen s lukket fordi first grading period slutter. S det var lige en smule forlnget weekend.. LKKERT .. Overraskende nok stod jeg op lidt i 9 og besluttede mig s for at tage til The MAC fitness klubben tingen Fatter ikke h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-452130.html I'm getting ready for my adventure in India. I am trying out this site to see how it works. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-451853.html We've stayed at several Oregon State Parks and have found them all nice clean and inexpensive and they usually include showers.Don't have an RV or even a tent A few parks include yurts for rent. A yurt looks like a cross between a tent and a cabin. It's warmer than a tent and can be large enough for a small family or group. Check availability at various parks. They contain bunks but you probably http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Lincoln-City/blog-450972.html