Red Lion Hotel On The River Portland

Went to a Portland Trail Blazer Game against the Denver Nuggets at the Rose Garden in Portland. Gary, my brother, took me.He has Club seat tickets. The coll thing about this is they have FREE ALL you can eat buffets everywhere...Here is what I ate....Curry Chicken, Rice, Coconut Chicken with Plum sauce, Pork tenderloin, Bread ...

since my last entry I have been struck with tons of tragedy having lost my mother,uncle and cousin within 75 days, now the time is to wrap up the sale of my moms house and use the returns to get new video equipment, my goal is to finish this before ...

... This means large groups of kids with only a few chaperons that are not actual parents.

Everyone knows that if there are two young adults talking, a kid is going to listen in on the conversation. So, the brother and I had many loud conversations about the animals. The cougar was hiding behind a log, nearly impossible to see. "I can't believe the cougar escaped!" "Oh yeah, he's out prowling the zoo right now. Probably gonna eat a kid." Of course the ...

After her initial arrival we drove around the residential and business districts in Portland.

We walked on the Columbia River, riverfront park.

We ate at a Denny's on MLK.

Checked in to the hotel and slept (jet-lag).

We walked across Burnside ...

... s books first. Bri also added that she thinks Christen would sleep on a pile of books surrounded by more piles of books if allowed to. Christen responded by saying that there are only twelve books stacked on her nightstand at home.
- Came out of Powell’s and noted that the clouds looked a bit ominous.
- Headed toward the famous Portland food carts! These look like little mobile food trailers, and ...

Day 33 Redwoods to Portland Got down the road a few miles today and noticed the most beautiful coastline. Then immediately after we found the Redwood National Park info center. So, we stopped in and got a plan for how best to check out the good stuff fast. We've got to be in Portland by the end of the day, so we have some time, but not forever. The first stop was "The Big Tree". It ...

... to find out what their today was like. "Did your mom call you up and tell you that you were stabbing her in the heart with a knife, too?" "Did your brother call to tell you that you couln't die and leave him to deal with the knife that you stuck in your mom's heart, too?" (Just kidding, guys. Right? ..Right? Ha, ha, ..ha?) "Did like, fifty of your friends call and leave messages while you were on other calls with friends telling you to check ...

... on what there is to do and see. We want to have a day-by-day plan ready before we leave, but time will tell if that will really happen. I went to the bank today and placed an order for 400 €. Picked up a screen shade for Jeanette's camera, and talked to AT&T to check on using the cell phone in Europe. The bottom line on that is that the phone will stay in Portland.

... little excursion into the woods. I have found that Portland is a great place to be, with lots of young people who are very progressive. Just what I am looking for in a city?!? Maybe I will move there someday, but right now I am headed up to Orcas Island in the Peuget Sound near Vancouver, Canada to visit my friend Matt Nolan. Peace, Anders p.s. This blog is not as exotic as my travels in NZ. If you dont want to receive this let me know.