Thursday , June 1st, I explored the neighborhood again today with a four mile afternoon walk. Katrina and Josh took me to downtown Portland to the Shangai tunnels after having a drink at the Portland City Grill. These were taken at 5:30 pm, the sun doesn’t set out here until 9pm. Speaking of you feel obligated to go out for…
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Cannon Bch, OR- The Goonies
Today, Tuesday, May 30th, 2017, Was a sleepy & rainy day, I slept late then went to the Oregon coast where they filmed the closing scene (where the pirate ship went to sea) at the Haystack rock on Cannon beach. The water was freezing!! My first trip to the Pacific ocean, hopefully not my last. We ended the trip at…
Continue Reading→Seattle, University of Washington Volleyball TournamentÂ
Saturday – Monday, May 29th, 2017. Headed back to Portland after another beautiful day in Seattle, WA. We have spent the weekend at a volleyball tournament, the girls played hard and did well. University of Washington has a beautiful campus.
Continue Reading→Seattle Ferry to Bainbridge Island
This an ode to Mr. Tom, thanks for the recommendation. On Friday May 26, we took the ferry over to Bainbridge island. So far this has been my favorite thing. We went round trip across the Puget Sound in about an hour. The weather and the view were fabulous! It was 83F and no clouds (except over the distant mountains).…
Continue Reading→Seattle, WA – Pikes Market, Gum wall
Friday, May 26, we drove up from Portland to Seattle. Traffic is crazy up here! We were overwhelmed with people and traffic, first stop was bathroom, second stop… a nice cold beverage.
Continue Reading→Day 1 – Portlandia
First official day of my vacation is in the books. I walked 12k steps while touring the area of Beaverton in a four mile afternoon walk. Everyone seems to be growing amazing flowers and plants in their yards. Then this evening Katrina and I went to the city and walked all over. We had drinks with an appetizer of french…
Continue Reading→Elephant in the Room
My flight from BHM landed early in Denver, however, because of that there was a plane in our gate. We got a new gate pretty quickly but not one of those gate connector thingies of which they apparently do not have enough. We waited about 30 minutes to deplane. Arriving at gate B86, I made a mad dash to B26…
Continue Reading→Vacation of a Lifetime
Good morning and happy hump day! Today is the first day of what I am calling my vacation of a lifetime, although I hope it to be the first of many to come. Leaving from Birmingham, AL, I fly to Portland, OR, today (May 24, 2017) to stay with Josh and Katrina Kerley until Sunday, June 4th. I packed several…
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