Archive for January, 2008
Find Cheap Flights to and from Portland
When you’re hunting for the cheapest airfare out of Portland International Airport, you may be tempted to spend lots of your precious time searching every airfare booking site you can find. You’re hoping for that magical and elusive rock-bottom price on an airline ticket, the one no one else can find, that’s hiding on one of those sites that never gets used… That random hunting and hoping could get you a great fare, but more than likely all you’ll find are the same fares over and over again. So, how do you know which sites offer the best prices? …
Date: January 31st, 2008 |
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Tryon Creek State Park
There is no shortage of public green spaces in Portland, but not all of them are city parks. One of the more popular green spaces in the area is the only Oregon state park that’s within the boundaries of a major city - although it’s south of the city center. Tryon Creek State Natural Area is a great place for hiking, bicycling and even horseback riding.
Covering 645 acres, Tryon Creek Park is situated between Boones Ferry Road and Terwilliger Boulevard in SW Portland. Tryon Creek itself runs through the center of the park, and is one of the only streams in the city with a run of steelhead trout. There are a total of eight miles of hiking trails, three miles of paved cycling trails and three-and-a-half miles of horseback riding trails within the park. In addition to these trails, there is even a fully accessible trail for those with mobility issues - the Trillium Trail.
Date: January 7th, 2008 |
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Oaks Amusement Park
When you think of Portland, chances are good that you don’t automatically think of amusement parks. Portland does, however, have its own little amusement park on the east side of the Willamette River, and Oaks Park has been serving up family fun since 1905.
Oaks Amusement Park covers 44 acres, so it’s small by most amusement park standards, and it’s one of the oldest in the United States. The park includes many of the kinds of rides you’d expect in an amusement park, like a roller coaster, bumper cars and ferris wheel, as well as a big wooden roller skating rink that’s open year-round. At the center of the roller rink is a big pipe organ, adding to the nostalgic feel, although the organist is not at the keys all the time. Outside the roller skating rink, the park operates on weekends only during the spring and into the early autumn, and almost daily during the summer.
Date: January 21st, 2008 |
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