Rip City Trailblazers

High Fives to Rich who is a 30 year member of the Portland Trailblazers who arranged it so that we could attend a basketball game in Portland. Compared to Murray, I dont care so much for Basketball, but WOW - the entertainment value of the off court entertainment alone is amazing. Let alone watching these super giant and athletic men whiz around.

Portland appeared to have a run away lead, in fact Detroit supporters were starting to leave. But as the say, it aint over til the fat lady sings, and Portland dropped the ball, but eventually won 87-81.

Portland, Oregan

We headed off to Portland, Oregan for a week. We were so fortunate to have wonderful hosts, and we stayed in hte most wonderful home, waking up to views like this every morning, watching the squirrels running through the trees. We even saw a deer!

Our wonderful hosts took us for a drive to show us some of the beautiful sites that Portland has to offer. This is Multnomah Falls, the second largest year round waterfall in the USA. At the bottom of this river we also saw salmon spawning, which was great. There was also a fantastic cafe nearby where we could sit and enjoy the warmth inside and people watch.

Most days we were lucky enough to have views of parts of Mt Hood from the house, but on the Saturday we were lucky enough to see it up close. i couldn't believe how much snow they had, and its not even officially winter. I was also introduced to the goodness of an Eggnog Latte on our way home from the mountain.

We went for a walk along the river where everything was just so lush and moist with moss growing on everything. I can't believe how wet it is! Also the silver colours were stunning.


To finish off an amazing first day in Portland we had BBQ Ribs for dinner at a very authentic BBQ place which I can't remember the name of right now, but i'll come to that... Buster's maybe?