May 2009
We awoke on day two ready to get out and start exploring.  I hadn’t really planned any sort of itinerary – I’d just compiled a list of “things to see in no particular order” and decided to figure it out as we went along.  For our first full day in Portland, we decided to [...]

May, 2009
This is not a slight against Southwest Airlines, but this excursion cemented my desire to not fly again – too uncomfortable, too stressful. It’s weird, because as a kid I loved to fly. I loved to sit by the window and watch the wing and ailerons and flaps and such, and see [...]