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Portland Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Portland, United States
Sayanara
I can't believe the day is almost here. In less than a week I'll be in Tokyo wondering what the hell I've gotten myself into. I've been practicing my "first day" speech that I'll be giving IN JAPANESE on the first day of school. My Japanese teacher ...
How many bridges?
... dock and shipping industry and you can see the logging plants along the river banks. Surprisingly enough the traffic around Portland and Olympia has been heavy but we have fortunately avoided most of the jams but it does remind me of the M25 ...
Leaving for our year abroad
On October 20th, we are leaving for the year. With the house rented, a one-way ticket, and an idea of where we want to go in the world, we are starting our ...
Unicorns
... itinerary, including racial minorities, non-hamburger centered meals, and public transportation. What a crazy city! After visiting Portland’s annual downtown sand-castle competition (theme and proceeds going to further children’s ...
Timing is everything
Less than a week before departure and everything is happening at once. After realizing we're actually leaving July 7th rather than the 8th, as we'd been thinking for the past two months (never even bothered to check the itinerary - we were THAT sure!) ...
Home again.
Hello all and welcome back home...oops, that's us. We are safe and sound and back in lovely, but wet and springy, Portland, Oregon. We had a nice layover in LA and visited the La Brea Tar Pits. We arrived on Monday at 8 at LAX, rented our car and took ...
Home Again, Home Again
Well, I am back home. And it feels good. I was gone a little longer than I realized, I guess. The money looks funny, everything is fucking expensive and I keep throwing toliet paper into the garbage can. Like any good trip, it had a dramatic and ...
Update: Part 1
... , but I have been staying mostly in national parks so I haven't had any internet, or cell phone service for that matter. Unfortunately here in Portland my internet use is on a time limit so I won't really have time to fill in all the details, but I'll get ...
Portland... Home
... while I was in spain, thoughts and prayers. If any of you are around and would like to hang out let me know! Have a Happy New Year and you can look forward to part two of Karen's Junior Year from Washington DC and East Coast States. Besitos! ...
Portland...its all here
... i leave for Seattle (thx, man). It sure beats paying for a hostel (gonna owe you some beers). As for the city of Portland, it has much to offer for the person who is into outdoor activities. Some are easily accessible by walking but camping/hiking ...
Portland to Port-of-Spain
... was night time. The first thing I noticed was the fact that it was 75 degrees at midnight and I was still wearing a sweatshirt from Portland and the air-conditioned plane. Most of the houses needed a little bit of work but it had areas that looked rather ...
Waterford falls just short in game 3
Today was Waterford's third game and they played the southwest. Waterford lost a heartbreaker by 1 run. It all started in the first inning when Alyssa got on with a no out error, but Waterford was unable to take advantage of this bit of luck, and scored ...
Pre-flight Cankles
... , cleaning and organizing that's been piling up for the past three months. This included selling my car to a Canadian who flew into Portland this morning to buy it. As a world class procrastinator, even this tops my list of last-minute feats. Five hours ...
Two down...two to go...
So far, so good. Very quick and comfortable flights to Minneapolis and Portland. I slept most of the way on both flights - so it was extra quick for me. Flying into Portland we had beautiful weather and clear skies and as far as we ...
Leaving the Oregon Coast for Portland!
... ball. We left Cannon Beach around 3:00pm and headed east for a beautiful scenic drive through the countryside to the Portland area. The sun started to shine as we arrived at our next RV park at 5:00pm in Wilsonville and it was ...
Lighthouses of Maine
... had a prime opportunity to use some personal miles to stop by and see some lighthouses. We stopped for two: Pemaquid Point, and the Portland Head Light. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. It was a beautiful day for pictures, and with the help ...
On the Airport Floor
8th Feb 2008 3:20 am On the Airport Floor This won't be long. At my age I can't long tolerate anything other than plain sitting and standing. Oh, the leg is feeling better. I noticed this afternoon when I left my apartment for the last time, now carting ...
Pre-Trip and Last Goodbyes in P-Town
... shortly, I got lazy and missed reading signs that would've kept me on I-5, and instead I found myself deep in Portland State University territory among heaps of closed streets due to construction and very desolated boulevards. Somehow, I managed to ...
'...live as you planned to live.'
... and Danelle confesses she needs a bit more adventure than just lunch. I saw my opportunity. "How about we have lunch in Portland?" I delightfully added, knowing that was the next stop on my journey- just 3 hours away(!). A few hours later we were ...
Yay, we reached the other ocean!! Portland, Maine
... lobster wholesaler. Very interesting woman. Born in Boston, moved here years ago, lives now half in Florida and half here in Portland. Starting a lobster business In Florida as well. They don't catch the lobster, they go out on their boat to island ...
A long long way from home...
Hi all...heres the first installment of part 2. Firstly i want to say i did type this entry 3 days after i arrived in Maine but it crashed just before i sent it and i havent had time to get to a computer since. So here we go, fingers crossed... It ...
A Seasons End
Waterford played for 3rd or 4th place in the world today. Unfortunately I was unable to attend Waterford's last game of the season. I have heard however that they lost 5-2 in extra innings. Since today was a consolation game, many players got to play ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... interesting, I liked it a lot, and so did the parents, especially Dad who is a big fan. With nothing left to do in Portland we made a quick stop at a used bookstore for Dad and then drove to Boston. We decided to stay outside the city in Bedford to ...
Mount Hood
Today, we ventured out to the infamous Mt. Hood. Like so many others, we watched last year as those climbers lost their lives in a snow storm on th mountain. We made a few stops along the way, of course.(Kelly hates to go anywhere w/out making a few ...
Lost with Beers at 10AM
... , we decide to go to Portland! The website made Portland sound like loads of fun with lots of activities. So I took the Portland exit and followed signs towards the visitors center in town. Strange because we are now near a harbor and parking is ...
wekeela
wow, alot has happened since i last wrote my blog! so we did go on our big trip. It started at 10 in the morning when we left wekeela and headed to this designer outlet place where i bought a pair of abercrombie and fitch jeans for like 20 pounds. we ...
arrival
i have just spent my first evening at camp and it is amazing! but i will start at the beginning, I left Glasgow 2 days ago to a very tearful family and then took a flight to heathrow with my friend christopher who is going to the same camp as me. ...
Portland and Casco Bay
... nbsp; We made our way north and began to see more rocks on the coast. I saw the commercial channel coming up into Portland and began to stay slightly outside the marks in anticipation of a tanker coming in behind me. It passed safely and ...