Yesterday was quite a misadventure. We left the building at 7am and headed to the airport. Portland got freezing rain overnight so there is a sheet of ice over snow. At the bus stop we and a few other riders were harassed by a homeless woman. She was yelling "You crazy people going to work on Sunday at this hour? Your are all slave to drug." Then sang Chestnut roasting on an open fire with a lot of expletives inserted. Tough to be homeless in this weather.
We got on the bus then connect on the Blue line MAX and got off at Gateway stop. The Red line to the airport is closed because the track switch frozed. We got off and waited for a shuttle, it was really cold with some serious wind blowing out of the George. There were 3 buses there and they wouldn't go to the airport. These are "warming bus" for people to stay warm on. jeezzz... We waited for 30 minutes and finally the airport shuttle showed up. Everyone rushed the bus, the driver has a Russian accent and eventually he yelled - "no more, next bus for you." We got on though.
We got to the airport and all morning flights was canceled and we waited in line to try to get on another flight. I got through on the cell phone somehow so we rebooked the flight 2 days later on Tuesday. Hopefully the weather cleared by then. We got the ticket from the machine so we were able to go inside the terminal and get lunch at Laurelwood Brewing company. Trudge home...
Dec 22.
Woke up to a flurry of snow. Michelle finally gets her snow day, but she already took vacation. Oh well, bad timing, the story of Michelle's life. 8) Joe decided to make the best of it and try snowboarding.
The Pettygrove park next to our building.
Our favorite photo spot. The snow is fluffy and about a foot deep.
Wheeee..... the whole 5 seconds of it. I thought I would never say this, but too much powder. There is not enough slope so once I get down to the foot of the little hill, that's it. It was really had to put the binding on too, I'm pretty rusty.
Joe's 1st snow angel. yea!! On the side of our building. I was thinking "hope there are no yellow snow under here." There are a lot of dogs in our building.
Looks more like a Swiss Chalet than Portland in this snow.
The corner of First and Harrison is very treaturous today. Two buses got stuck and blocked the street car. I guess we're not going anywhere else today.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow flight.
Happy Holidays!!!
2 comments:
I hope you and Michelle have enough food in refrig for the holidays... I'm afraid you guys are going to have to spend Xmas in Portland. Man, snow storm everywhere in US this year. I like your positive attitude... snowboarding downstairs from your apt. Cool! :p
By the way, too many pictures with the Dreamer thing. :p Be more creative, please.
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