Portland, Oregon

This post and all files were edited and uploaded while in the car, via blutooth connection to our cellphone. Its kind of an experiment which seems to be working!

Portland was a blast!
We went to the Portland Rose Gardens, or I should say my sister dragged me to the Rose Gardens, kicking and screaming. So heres a few pics of the damn flowers.

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Also at the gardens was a huge play area.LeLo and AdelRa helped XAmLo walk around for over an hour.... she was obviously getting the hang of it and didn't want to stop. She also got to ride on a swing for the first time.





LAmLo worked on her maniacal slide riding techniques, this video captures some of it. Remember when they used to make slides out of metal, and you would squeak down them if you wore shorts? Well it seems that steel has made a triumphant return to playgrounds, and LAmLo got her squeak on big time. My sister and I were laughing so hard, both at remembering that sound and feeling, and at the fact that LAmLo was having so much fun.


We got to watch movies outdoors at night - what a great treat. We watched Roll Bounce, and followed it up with You Got Served the next night, unfortunately the trifecta was note completed with Drum Line, but we'll see that soon. Thanks ladies!



We also walked down to a newly renovated area of Portland. According to sis, this area used to be a pretty bad ghetto. The city bulldozed everything down, but kept the trees. They then rebuildt affordable housing for the less fortunate and elderly. One of the trees which had to be removed was inverted and used a landscape sculpture.

And typical of Portland, they added a squirty fountain play area - LAmLo loved these things, but was a bit hesitant at first.

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The girls got dressed up and had a photo shoot - hopefully i can get some of the originals from LeLo and post them here.


Also, when leaving Coos Bay, we pulled up to a stoplight and all I could hear was Toby Keith blasting. I looked over and saw this gem, smokin a stogie with the kid in the car.