A long Awaited Vacation

Ahh..the great city of Portland, Oregon. That is where I will be all next week. I have a few friends that live out there and since I have never been to Oregon or Washington I figure it is time to go; I have a free place to stay.

Not only is it the Liberal capitol of the US but it also the Microbrew capitol and there will be much beer drinking. The Portland International Beer Festival will be happening while I'm there. I may also drop in on the Willamette Vally for some wine sampling. Hear there is some good Pinot Noir out that way.

Portland is almost at the base of Mt. Hood and not but an hour away from Mt. St. Helens. Hopefully it won't blow while I'm there. But wouldn't that be interesting if it did. The US Forest Service has closed it to climbing due to volcanic activity so who knows.

So I leave tomorrow at 5:15pm to fly to Denver, Colorado and then after a 2 hour layover I believe then I'm off to Portland. Getting there at about 1am CST.

I will be posting pictures and posting as much as I can about my trip so come back and see what kind of shit I can get myself into. I will have my MDA , a digital camera and a laptop with me so I should have a plethora of info to put up here. Ok back to packing.

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