Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 108

We arrived at lunchtime on our first day at Disneyland and immediately set to work. We went on all of the rides in Tomorrow Land and most of the rides in Fantasy Land, including the kids rides like Mr Toad’s Wild Ride and Peter Pan. Seeing it is off-season and during the week, Disneyland closes quite early, so that was all we could fit into the first day. We particularly enjoyed the new Buzz Lightyear ride which is an interactive shoot’em up ride. And of course Star Tours, Matt’s long time favourite. The second day we devoted largely to the California Adventure theme park. We went on just about all the rides except for two. California Adventure closes even earlier than Disneyland so we were pressed for time. Emma’s favourite ride was the Maliboomer which shoots ... read more

Sharon: So much has happened since the last time we updated our blog; I already feel like this morning was three weeks ago! Thinking that our now-usual routine of searching out an internet cafe would play out (search for internet cafe with increasing feelings of urgency, finally find one, check our emails like junkies craving a hit, forget everything else that we planned to do once we finally found a much coveted internet connection), I made up a list in my travel journal of things I want to talk about and I'm going to stick to it. 1) Uncle Todd is nice. 2) We made it to the US of A! 3) To Seattle and beyond 4) Phil, our equivalent of a fairy godmother 5) Holidaying with Mike's parents 6) More incredibly nice people! 7) Flat ... read more

Petra and Huck and friends took us hunting for chanterelles on the slopes of Mt. Hood. After uncovering serious sylvan booty, the promise of more lured us deep into the woods. We set out solo, maintaining contact with each other intermittently, cooing and cooing back. Unfortunately, our nomadic harmonic orbit didn't track of the path, and thus began our six hour epic adventure in the Mount Hood National Wilderness area. Castaways amidst the ferny goliaths, we wuz lost!!!!! We tried to climb some trees to sight the road (in vain), tried to track the car with compasses (in vain), tried to get Lola the pup to bring us to the car (in vain) and eventually just trudged north for three hours until we hit the Salmon River, vainly. We struggled valiantly along the cliff face, grasping ... read more

Originally initiated in Brattleboro, Vermont in the summer of 2008, the PDX Paleontology Project marks the continuation of dissemination of petroleum-based life forms throughout the greater Oregonian ecosystem. ... read more

I finally got my computer back and have a decent internet connection, so here are the pictures from my adventures at the pyramids. We went with Sarah's friends, Keema and Mahryz. Mahryz had a car, so she drove us up there, and then they acted as somewhat tour guides, buying our tickets for us and telling the many men on camels that we no, we didn't want our picture on top of the camel. What some of these men will do is put you on a camel and then not let you off until you pay them. We rode camels later at a place still near the pyramids, but that had tourist police and was way less sketchy. We went inside the Second Pyramid of Khafre. They take your camera before you go in, so I ... read more