The FReeper Foxhole - Military Related News in Review - and Oregon Vacation Rpt - July 28th, 2003

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"How I Spent My Summer Vacation"



Snippy's Vacation with SAMWolf in Oregon, Part One.

An overview;

When we weren't out touring Oregon we would sit and relax on SAM's deck and drink coffee. Run down to post on the thread in SAM's computer den now and then and take long strolls around the hill his house sits on. Generally we just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company.



What there was of a daily routine consisted of SAM giving me a wake up call and then picking me up at the hotel. I think he only actually woke me up twice. I was almost always ready to go. LOL. Our first stop together was Starbucks (I admit I'm hooked on their coffee). We sat outside sipping our morning coffee and waking up. Next we'd go wherever the day took us.



In the evenings as far as routine went, dinner with the family was the rule when we were home on time. SAM has a wonderful family. After dinner we would hang around the house, post at the thread, mess around on the computer, and take evening walks together.

Daily treks:

Friday July 11

I left Ohio a little after 7 a.m. EST, with a stop-over in Minneapolis then on to Portland, Oregon. I arrived shortly after 11 a.m. PST. After the hotel, the first place we went was to the "End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center". They have a very nice presentation they put on about Oregon's history. Then it was home to meet the family and have dinner. After dinner we headed for the computer to update the Foxhole.




Saturday July 12

Early morning trip to the store. Sam lost me at the supermarket while we shopped, but he found me and then we used a self scanner and accidently rang up 60 dollars in donuts. Good morning laugh. lol.

We drove to an overlook near his house where you can see all the mountains hills and valleys. We would visit here a few times during my vacation. It was a nice quiet place with a good view for visiting.




Views of SAM's neighborhood from the computer den.

We also went to the falls along the river below SAM's house.


This picture is of the Falls below SAM's house from across the other side of the river.


The Falls below SAM's house on his side of the river.


Oregon History Marker below the hills from SAM's place.

After the local Falls, SAM took me to downtown Portland, we drove onto a ferry to cross the river on our way. We walked all over downtown Portland and then walked along the riverfront.




Portlandia




See the statue of the Elk?

More vacation pics on the way, throughout the day.

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[snippy_about_it]

Come on out of there!
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Have a Good Monday and enjoy your day.

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[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Snippy. How's it going?

[snippy_about_it]

Morning EGC. Running off to work. See you later.

[armymarinemom]

I have an idea knocking about concerning getting messages to our troops through families. This would entail creating a printable guest book that families could print out from the internet to pass along to our troops. We all mail care packages and a stack of support notes would go a long way to conteract a lot of the liberal garbage that some outsiders seem to want to shove in thier face.

[snippy_about_it]

That's a good idea. I've often printed out FR threads to include in care packages so troops could get an idea for the support they have.

Freepmail, incoming.

[GailA]

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Gail, he's adorable.

[snopercod]

Great pix. Thanks.

[snippy_about_it]

Your welcome, I would add that the weather was really nice the entire time I was there.

[texson66]

Good morning all! Hope your Monday is starting better than mine. Sinus headache and car troubles! ( At least I can lurk and post today while at home!)

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning texson66,

Any excuse to stay home and lurk is a good one, except for a headache like the billboard portrays. LOL.

Hope you're feeling better soon and car troubles get fixed.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone!

Snippy, I just saw the news about flooding in your state, are you high and dry???

[CholeraJoe]

Good morning, snippy. Nice pix.

[snippy_about_it]

Morning feather.

I'm fine thank you.

Around here you learn where not to put your house. The rivers are up but I'm on high enough ground not to worry.

I do wish it would cool down and stop raining!

[Soaring Feather]

Wow, love the vacation pictures. Very pretty!!

[Soaring Feather]

Bob Hope has died.

[snippy_about_it]

There's more to come, lots more.

SAM is going to post them during the day today since I have some meetings to attend at work and might not be here long enough.

We broke them down into groupings so everyone could see them without their computers locking up. LOL