Spur of the Moment Trip

I was thinking about going down to Valdez on the bike and camping out but the weather guessers were predicting rain over most of the state for the long weekend. I know that I shouldn't be bothered by a bit of rain but for some reason it didn't sound like too much fun.

The rest of my family was heading down to Oregon for a family reunion (my mom's side). I went online to see if I could get a mileage ticket down and was pleasantly surprised that I could. So for only 32,500 miles and $10 I had an aisle exit row seat down to Seattle and after a long layover, was on my way to Portland. The weather has been great and the flight took us right next to Mt. St. Helens. I was surprised that there wasn't more snow.

Today was spent hanging around a semi-deserted mall about ten miles south of the airport. My sister and brother in-law are picking us up from the mall and taking us to the reunion site about ten miles down the Columbia River gorge. The family has been having their reunions here for years since it is a wonderful, tranquil location.

This is the view from the swimming pool at the reunion site. Vista House at Crown Point is on the far right of this AutoStitch pano shot. I'm not sure of the numbers yet but it looks like a pretty good turnout for the reunion. All pictures are from the Camera+ iPhone app.

Sunday evening - This is the view to the west towards Portland. Tomorrow evening, we should be able to see some fireworks being fired off over the river. Today was very busy with lots of activities. Even though we have these reunions every couple of years, it is a real pleasure to see all the relatives again.