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Hello Blogpsphere. It's been a while, hasn't it. Be warned: The following few posts will probably be more of an event journal.
Well, Oregon was indeed wonderful, as those in my Ringo.com account have seen. It was refreshingly cold and the first day was simply clear and gorgeous. Everything was working out just as planned... I made Grace take the window seat and she was able to see the Grand Canyon, over 5 snow-capped mountains, and a view of downtown Portland with it's multiple bridges from the sky. Fittingly upon arrival after an excellent brunch at a quaint downtown Gresham cafe we headed out to the beautiful Columbia River gorge for a view of the gorgeous waterfalls and snow-topped mountains. With the high speed winds fighting us, we drove as far as Hood River, the windsurfing capital and apple orchard heaven. There we hit up a fun gelato cafe. Most impressive were the tremendous white caps on the river as we drove through the Multnolmah falls area out to Hood River... I've yet to have seen anything like that out there... It literally looked like an ocean. Strange, I know. Later that evening my family was craving Vietnamese food, so the 5 of us ventured out in my younger brother's new car... He did very well navigating us through nearly 45 minutes of traffic with three backseat drivers trying to persuade him in all directions. Unfortunately for us Pho Van was closed the night before Thanksgiving... so we drove all that way fighting traffic just to have to turn around and head to the sushi place just down the road from where we started. argh. A good 20 minute wait for a table and we had aour fill of fish of all various degrees of rawness. *smile* Mmm... mmm... Good! Topping off the meal with Mango Ice Cream we left satisfied and happy. All in all, our day was quite packed... since we woke at 2am Oregon time to catch our flight in Austin... and well,... the rest is history.
Well, Oregon was indeed wonderful, as those in my Ringo.com account have seen. It was refreshingly cold and the first day was simply clear and gorgeous. Everything was working out just as planned... I made Grace take the window seat and she was able to see the Grand Canyon, over 5 snow-capped mountains, and a view of downtown Portland with it's multiple bridges from the sky. Fittingly upon arrival after an excellent brunch at a quaint downtown Gresham cafe we headed out to the beautiful Columbia River gorge for a view of the gorgeous waterfalls and snow-topped mountains. With the high speed winds fighting us, we drove as far as Hood River, the windsurfing capital and apple orchard heaven. There we hit up a fun gelato cafe. Most impressive were the tremendous white caps on the river as we drove through the Multnolmah falls area out to Hood River... I've yet to have seen anything like that out there... It literally looked like an ocean. Strange, I know. Later that evening my family was craving Vietnamese food, so the 5 of us ventured out in my younger brother's new car... He did very well navigating us through nearly 45 minutes of traffic with three backseat drivers trying to persuade him in all directions. Unfortunately for us Pho Van was closed the night before Thanksgiving... so we drove all that way fighting traffic just to have to turn around and head to the sushi place just down the road from where we started. argh. A good 20 minute wait for a table and we had aour fill of fish of all various degrees of rawness. *smile* Mmm... mmm... Good! Topping off the meal with Mango Ice Cream we left satisfied and happy. All in all, our day was quite packed... since we woke at 2am Oregon time to catch our flight in Austin... and well,... the rest is history.
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