Portland Trips

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Another Digression

Great coder from India... I found it too good not to share...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Forgive any typos and grammatical mistakes... i usually post when I'm a little drunk and/or about to doze off... :)

Saturday 10th evening...

The Rock Bottom Brewery... this time i remembered to click the real stuff... this is where the Ale(some stong beer... it feels) is brewed...and I was where it is served..

Mount Hood (3424 mts) - a popular skiing destination - from the waterfront Tram (Rope way) leading up to OHSU... This was one of the best parts of the Saturday I had... other than the walk in the jungle and the Thai food i had for lunch...

Walk in the woods...

Thai sea food Green curry... made of coconut, bamboo shoots, some unknown vegetable, scallops, shrimps and prawns... too good...

Thai ice tea... simply delicious...

The Crest..

Council Crest... The Floor here says...

"In 1898 a party of thirty church ministers, seeking the larger view, boarded six horse-drawn carriages in town and headed uphill at 4:30 p.m. Two hours later they arrived here. Convinced that native people had also held council at this lofty site, the ministers named it Council Crest. Today, a two-hour drive leads to the limits of this view and beyond - to untrodden forest, snow-capped peaks, or the rugged Oregon Coast. And still, seeking the larger view, we gather here to gaze upon Portland, a city great but merely human in the grandeur of its natural setting."

This location affords great views of Mount Rainier and Mount Hood... due to haze I could not capture them good enough from here... but got much better shots from OHSU (Oregon Health and science University)... coming up...