Extended Stay America - Portland - Gresham
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Driving and Home Cooking
Tim was woken at 6am by Jess saying "Is that rain?" Sure enough there were a few spits and spots of rain dropping on the fly of our beautiful, comfortable and dry home (the tent). As rain was forecast and we had dodged the predicted thunderstorm the night before and because the tent was going to be packed away for a couple of days, we rocketed out …
Relaxing and eating
After our lovely dinner the night before, we had a nice sleep-in and didn't seem in any rush to get up and get going in the morning. This was also due to the rain outside which was fairly substantial and we were enjoying the benefit of an actual roof over our heads. However, mustering our resolve and desire to find a bargain and another home-cooked …
Nuts from Old Dehli
... thing to include the divergent differences that, say, India's traffic entails.
On our kitchen table is a mostly finished bag of pistachio nuts from Old Dehli. Perhaps we just don't want to finish them.
Yesterday I went to by gas in a station on Sandy near 182nd and there was a rooster strutting among the pumps, between the cars. I got out and watched it while the truck filled. It seemed very civilized and a bit wild to have this.
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Portland halt...
... werden sich einige fragen. War da nicht was mit Auto kaufen und Westküste runter usw, und sofort? Richtig, jetzt kommt das ABER: Portland hat mir relativ schnell gezeigt, was gemeint ist, wenn Amerikaner sich selbst und ihre Staedte als "awesome" oder "xy is fun" beschreiben: ist eigentlich gar nicht soooo toll. Die Zeit, die es ausserdem gedauert hätte, das Auto zu kaufen, Reisebegleitung für eine Verteilung der Spritkosten zu finden sowie ...
Summer in Oregon
... Field, back when the Mariners were playing way over their heads and closing in on first place. They are currently suffering through a 16-game losing streak, so I guess my timing was perfect.
I had a great time playing tour guide and revisiting some of my favorite places around the Portland area when my friend Maggie Owens came to visit. I met Maggie on our Elderhostel visit to Cuba and she lives in ...