Canada a Day Away- Poolside in Portland.

Eureka... we have photo's!!! For those keen enough, we have figured how to resize our photos so they will upload and have put some up for the last 3 Posts and this one. We have not done Disneyland to the Canyon, so will plonk a bunch on this Post and wont bother to go back to old posts unless requested, so please let us know if you want to see more.

We have spent today in Portland having a look around the city and riding electric trams. We plan to check out some waterfalls nearby before doing the final haul to the Canadian border tomorrow, however have been warned that peak hour traffic thru the border can be ugly, so will see how the day pans out.  Also there is Seattle which is meant to be beautiful, so will play it by ear.  Unfortunately a lot of the scenery is in winter mode, so dead looking trees in many landscapes, including vineyards but cant have snow and leaves. We will just have to come back again  for a month or 2, next time maybe without kids? (Grandparents getting nervous)

We have been in shopping heaven for the last few days as Oregon has no taxes and we have tracked down some seriously cheap stores at last. Check out 'Ross Dress for Less' if in the US. The most disorganised store in the world, but even cheaper than Walmart, however with quality/name products. As a result we are sporting new Samsonite, Pierre Cardin and Swiss luggage, which is just as well as our old ones were held together by gaffer tape when we left.  Also a new range of shirts, jeans, swimwear and jumpers of various name brands and shoes from Nike and Doc Martins.  Suzi is delighted that some of my older wardrobe will be donated to charity as I stock up.We also discovered some of the discount grocer joints and picked up wine bargains from California and Australia and a range of other products. (All 1/4 price you pay in Oz)  Can assure you we are getting ripped off at home for appliances and electrical products.

We have been nagged daily about getting to Canada to get to the snow. Kids haven't quite figured (regardless of how many times told) that in Vancouver there is no snow usually, but 10 minutes up the mountain there is skiing. We are sure they will get enough once we get there, and will be over their desperation to belt each other with snowballs and ice it by the time they leave Oregon early next month.  In the meantime the little 3 continue to have fun in the heated pool and spa, shooting baskets, dropping backwards somersaults and generally lowering the waterline.

Hope you enjoy the attached photos as organised by Ross Dress for Less.
The Wockies