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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / June 2005Portland Gimpfest
I thought it would be good to have a check in and itinerary check. Why don't you e-mail me your arrival time and interests and I will see what I can put together. Also if you need a wheel chair let me know so I can check how places can accommodate us. Some suggestions are: wine tours (30 -45 minute drive away), St Helens (I would guess about 1 hr drive), Spruce goose museum (45 minutes or and near wineries), Gardens - chinese, japanese, portland zoo, OmSI (great for kids wonderful science center), Planetarium, Omnimax this is the giant Imax cinema screen. They just started showing Mysteries of the Nile everyone who has seen it says it is awesome, it is a river trip down the Nile. You can guess why I want to see it! If anyone is interested let me know otherwise I might try to catch it at 1 pm on Friday. NW gardens are amazing, there is a reason we produce so much nursery stock! Also it is fun to visit Bonneville dam about 30 minutes up the columbia gorge very scenic drive. The fish ladder has glass so it is very fun to watch the fish jump the ladder. They have had some pesky sea lions a the base of the fish ladders this year. Also you can see giant sturgeon the pool that has glass so you can see them under water. Great place to learn about salmon. SO let me know http://www.omsi.edu/ http://www.japanesegarden.com/ http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org/home http://www.winesnw.com/will.html http://www.oregonzoo.org/ Note that Northern end of Willamette valley is known for Pinot grapes, we make some world class Pinots. If you saw Sideways you understand about Pinots. mzuschlag at gmail dot com Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >Also it is fun to visit Bonneville dam about 30 minutes up the >columbia gorge very scenic drive. I should have posted this. If you go to Bonneville you will see Multnomah falls which is 620 feet high. This site give you an idea of the scenery. There are also some scenic viewpoints along the way. http://trips.stateoforegon.com/multnomah_falls/ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com I have forward this along to John. I am partial to any zoo but the wine tour also interests me as well as gardens. Duckie > I thought it would be good to have a check in and itinerary check. > Why don't you e-mail me your arrival time and interests and I will see [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com  Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) gee, i wanna do it all.<smile> but, i'm easy (prolly why butch married me.LOL), so i'll go along with whatever the majority wants to do. once i have the confidence back that i can drive longer distances, maybe we can do some of the rest of these things later. i had intended to get down there to see you and kelly before the gimpfest, however, hand issues have been making driving abit challenging locally. but i don't care if it takes me 8 hours (for a 3 hour drive), stopping at every rest stop on the way down, i am going get there by driving down for the gimpfest. kate >I thought it would be good to have a check in and itinerary check. > Why don't you e-mail me your arrival time and interests and I will see [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com > but >i don't care if it takes me 8 hours (for a 3 hour drive), stopping at every >rest stop on the way down, i am going get there by driving down for the >gimpfest. Wahooo Kate we will be looking forward to seeing you. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >> but >>i don't care if it takes me 8 hours (for a 3 hour drive), stopping at [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Wahooo Kate we will be looking forward to seeing you. -- MZ This will be SO cool. I hope I get to see a good number of you. Won't be joining you for the activities, as I'll be working at the track from 5 am to 5 pm (more or less) on Fri, Sat and Sun. Leaving Wednesday morning from home and arriving Thursday noonish. Janet N. >This will be SO cool. I hope I get to see a good number of you. Great we are looking forward to meeting you. I sure hope this weather clears out. We have had this crappy marine flow for a week now. It isn't terrible, but it would be nice to see the sun and have a few warm days. Hopefully it will change over to our usual summer sunshine soon. Looks like coastal crud until next Wednesday and probably longer. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >>This will be SO cool. I hope I get to see a good number of you. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > soon. Looks like coastal crud until next Wednesday and probably > longer. -- MZ i've only had marine flow for a couple of days. boy, we had a day that hit in the 90s last week, next day 80s---i'm glad it cooled off.LOL kate (definitely NOT a summer person) > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com > i've only had marine flow for a couple of days. boy, we had a day that hit > in the 90s last week, next day 80s---i'm glad it cooled off.LOL > kate > (definitely NOT a summer person) gee, and I recently had to switch from our winter comforter (the new one with still good padding) to the summer comforter (the 24 year old one that's gone fairly flat). I'm wondering if our really lightweight spread will be used at all up here - maybe in August........... It's amazing how quickly I've come to see 75 as warm! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >i've only had marine flow for a couple of days. boy, we had a day that hit >in the 90s last week, next day 80s---i'm glad it cooled off.LOL I want warm weather for our raft trip! right Duckie? Since last weekend it has been coastal crud. Finally it cleared out yesterday afternoon and today the sun finally burned off the marine layer, but it is supposed to rain this weekend. Yuck and all the graduations are happening! Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com Yeah - i really don't want to have to pack my earmuffs. Duckie >>i've only had marine flow for a couple of days. boy, we had a day that hit >>in the 90s last week, next day 80s---i'm glad it cooled off.LOL [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) >>> but >>>i don't care if it takes me 8 hours (for a 3 hour drive), stopping at [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Janet N. way cool! i'm glad you're going, janet! how many of us are going to be there for sure? i wish it could be everybody. kate Kate wrote: > way cool! i'm glad you're going, janet! how many of us are > going to be there for sure? i wish it could be everybody. Mary and I will be there for sure - Thursday or Friday, depending on how much time we spend in the Redwoods and along U.S. 101 in Oregon before turning East to Portland. We have not made arrangements except for the period July 22-25 during the National Square Dance Convention. That will be directly across the street from the Portland Convention Center - walking distance. Give the car a rest after driving for 16 days (with 3 days in San Jose). ... Why did cats decide to become domestic animals? ... They wanted slaves. > Kate wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > ... Why did cats decide to become domestic animals? > ... They wanted slaves. Joe, please tell me you meant *June* and not July. Kelly C. > Joe, please tell me you meant *June* and not July. Of course I meant JUNE. Just wanted to get your epinephrine flowing. <g> ... ACME Products: Coyote tested, Roadrunner approved. > > Joe, please tell me you meant *June* and not July. > > Of course I meant JUNE. Just wanted to get your > epinephrine flowing. <g> > > ... ACME Products: Coyote tested, Roadrunner approved. BRAT!! :o) Our plane tickets have just been purchased. We fly here to LV and from there to Portland. John says you can't get there from here. lol We leave LV at 11:40am so not sure how long that flight will be but looks like we will be there by early afternoon. Duckie >>Joe, please tell me you meant *June* and not July. > > Of course I meant JUNE. Just wanted to get your > epinephrine flowing. <g> > > ... ACME Products: Coyote tested, Roadrunner approved. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > Our plane tickets have just been purchased. We fly here > to LV and from there to Portland. John says you can't > get there from here. lol We leave LV at 11:40am so not > sure how long that flight will be but looks like we > will be there by early afternoon. > Duckie It should only take a couple of hours. Yay!! Rachel has a dental appt. at 11 a.m. and then we plan to come up and visit Friday afternoon and return home for the night. Saturday we'll come up with my friend Lisa and stay all day and all night. I can't wait! Kelly C. > Rachel has a dental appt. at 11 a.m. and then we plan to come > up and visit Friday afternoon and return home for the night. > Saturday we'll come up with my friend Lisa and stay all day > and all night. I can't wait! Mary and I will be on the tail end of the drive from California. If we get checked in early and if we get the car unloaded, we should be able to give rides from the airport. All of those "if's" depend on the earliest check-in time allowed. ... FACT: 3 out of 5 people aren't the other 2. yeah! soon, soon, soon. i keep telling myself. it's gonna be so fun to actually see and meet you in person! kate >> but >>i don't care if it takes me 8 hours (for a 3 hour drive), stopping at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com > yeah! soon, soon, soon. i keep telling myself. it's gonna be so fun to > actually see and meet you in person! > > kate I've already met Mary in person, a couple of times, but everybody else is gonna get squished, so be ready! Kelly C. >> yeah! soon, soon, soon. i keep telling myself. it's gonna be so fun to >> actually see and meet you in person! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I've already met Mary in person, a couple of times, but everybody else is > gonna get squished, so be ready! heheheh, not if i see you first! (thanks for the warning.) then, you'll be the squished instead of the squisher! <veg> kate > Kelly C. > >> yeah! soon, soon, soon. i keep telling myself. it's gonna be so fun to > >> actually see and meet you in person! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > kate Okay, that's fine by me, but I'll probably cry, too. Yeah, I'm a geek like that. This is like meeting celebrities to me. I will be bringing my own gimp groupie, too...my friend Lisa is going to come along on Saturday and stay overnight with me and Rachel. Brett has to work, so you'll miss out on him, but we'll have fun, anyway!lol Kelly C. >> >> yeah! soon, soon, soon. i keep telling myself. it's gonna be so fun > to [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Kelly C. this is sooooo weird. you feel the way i do, so i must be geeky, too. i feel like i'm meeting all my heroes. i'm somewhat restrained about crying in public (or i used to be), but boy, can i float furnishings not tied down inside my house, when nobody else is here.LOL sometimes though, i have leaky eyes in public---of course, that's not my emotions. that's more like i have worn out o-rings inside my shut-off valves. guess, i need to find a plumber to fix that.ô¿ô i can't wait. not packed yet, but i have washington wine already out in my car, ready to travel.<giggling> kate > > Okay, that's fine by me, but I'll probably cry, too. Yeah, I'm a geek like > > that. This is like meeting celebrities to me. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > kate I'm coming up Friday with just Rachel, to get the weepy greetings out of the way before Lisa comes up. She knows what I'm like, but she's a good friend and I don't want to ignore her too much in the thrill of seeing everyone for the first time. Make sense? Kelly C.-praying the sinus infection is dead by Friday. >> > Okay, that's fine by me, but I'll probably cry, too. Yeah, I'm a geek > like [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Kelly C.-praying the sinus infection is dead by Friday. it'll be soooo fun to finally meet you and rach! sinus infection . . . BE GONE! shall i insist?<smile> is missy m going to be there? did she say? i'm going down on friday, too, and will try to meet "zeeee" at the imax for the film. that should prove to be an interesting adventure. though i've printed out the maps and have exchanged cell phone#s with maryz, i *know* how lost i can get. i think i was born upside down or something.LOL kate > > I'm coming up Friday with just Rachel, to get the weepy greetings out of > > the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > kate I haven't heard from Miss M in ages, but was hoping you had. Maybe there'll be surprise appearance...that would be awesome. I may be picking up Janet for the afternoon so she doesn't have to take a cab to the hotel. We're working out the details. I wonder if we could get a roll call of who will actually be at the hotel early Friday afternoon. I won't have a reservation for Friday night, so will need an 'in' to be there. We have a Salem appt. at 11 a.m., but then plan to head up for the afternoon. I could be at the hotel as early as 1 p.m., but won't bother if nobody's going to be home. Kelly C. I am getting excited! I just hope the weather improves. Sounds like late next week it is supposed to be better weather. I will be calling the zoo and gardens plus snooping around the winery hours. If you want we can do a wine tasting in Party central room. We can purchase some local bottles and do a tasting in our room, that way we don't have to worry about driving, and Joe you can take the max from convention center to our hotel. It is the easiest and cheapest way. I will volunteer to take some salmon, cheese and crackers and fruits along. So let me know if you have other preferences. I will probably arrive early and catch the Imax show on the Nile. Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >I am getting excited! I just hope the weather improves. Sounds like > late next week it is supposed to be better weather. I will be calling [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > along. So let me know if you have other preferences. I will probably > arrive early and catch the Imax show on the Nile. how early, mary? i can try to make it there early enough to go with you to the imax show, so you don't have to go alone?<giggling, cuz i'm being sneaky--- i love imax. imax is cool!> kate > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com >how early, mary? i can try to make it there early enough to go with you to >the imax show, so you don't have to go alone?<giggling, cuz i'm being >sneaky--- i love imax. imax is cool!> They have a show at 1 pm that would get us out about mid afternoon. I think it is about 3 hours to Seattle. It would be fun, everyone has been raving about the film on the nile. The blue nile has some great whitewater, and some great shots of rafting. Let me know if you can make it. Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com > I am getting excited! I just hope the weather improves. Sounds like > late next week it is supposed to be better weather. I will be calling [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > along. So let me know if you have other preferences. I will probably > arrive early and catch the Imax show on the Nile. I'm going to bring at least one bottle of Willamette Valley Vineyards wine...a very nice, whole-cluster pinot noir and maybe a riesling. I also have a few bars of Lindt dark chocolate to share. If you can think of anything else, let me know and I'll try and rustle it up. Tillamook cheese may be getting expensive soon if the strike goes on, stock up now.:o) Kelly C. >> I am getting excited! I just hope the weather improves. Sounds like >> late next week it is supposed to be better weather. I will be calling [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Kelly C. there's supposed to be 4 costco stores in the area of the hotel-- http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/Locator.aspx would be great for party trays and/or cheeses and/or their killer gourmet breads to go with the wine.<smile> i've got a membership for costco. also have one for sam's club, but i haven't looked up locations near the hotel yet. could do that too, if anybody wants me to. i'm going to be swinging by see's candies before i leave. my fav is dark choc covered almonds. anybody else have any see's favorites i can pick up, since i'll be there anyway? kate Perhaps it's just as well I can't make it! I just recently made myself get serious about the weight I've gained since we moved to the land of constant potlucks and benefit dinners with wonderful desserts. I don't know that I could stand having all this temptation around! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >> I'm going to bring at least one bottle of Willamette Valley Vineyards >> wine...a very nice, whole-cluster pinot noir and maybe a riesling. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > kate >I'm going to bring at least one bottle of Willamette Valley Vineyards >wine...a very nice, whole-cluster pinot noir and maybe a riesling. I went winery hopping with a friend this weekend. What fun and I bought a bunch of wines. Pinot gris, syrah, pinot noir, chardonnay I will take a couple of bottles along and keep some for the river trip. I was visiting a friend in the Columbia gorge, excellent wines both Washington and Oregon. Perhaps Kate can take one of her Washington favorites. I was really impressed with some of the small wineries in the Gorge, really good wines. For reds I really like syrah, better than the Pi nots, they also had some good Washington Cabs. Syrah and chocolate now that is heaven. My friend volunteers in a wine store so she really knows her wines. It would be fun to get a variety. Costco sounds great I have a card. I will try and pay a visit to one of the local ones before I check in. -- MZ Visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com >>I'm going to bring at least one bottle of Willamette Valley Vineyards >>wine...a very nice, whole-cluster pinot noir and maybe a riesling. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > variety. Costco sounds great I have a card. I will try and pay a > visit to one of the local ones before I check in. -- MZ heheheh. picked up eleven bottles from 9 different washington wineries--a couple of bottles of two weirdies (as far as type goes), just for fun. a bottle each of most of the kindss you and duckie listed. couldn't find a washington pinot gris. oh well. i'll bring them all and we can pick and choose from them or make dead soldiers of them all.LOL bring a couple of quarters, you guys---for "solid bone" wishes. drat!---chocolate! still gotta get that! maybe i can schooch off and get it, after my laminate floors are laid tomorrow morning. finally got my hot tub cleaned and running again, cuz i have company coming (for two weeks) right after i leave for portland. they're family, so they can let themselves in and get comfy, until i get back. heck, they'll do fine without me. kate > Visit my website: > http://www.mzuschlag.com > and Joe you can take the max from convention center > to our hotel. It is the easiest and cheapest way. Our reservations are Tuesday - Saturday, June 21-25 for the National Square Dance Convention. We wanted something the first few days that would be closer to the gimpfest. ... Promises are like babies - easy to make, hard to deliver. Have you got reservations yet for the 17th? Duckie >>and Joe you can take the max from convention center >>to our hotel. It is the easiest and cheapest way. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > ... Promises are like babies - easy to make, hard to deliver. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > Have you got reservations yet for the 17th? We still need reservation for June 17, 18, 19, 20. |
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