Our Trip to Portland (and Washington State)

Pastor Chan, Gloria, Golda, and Jasper (a testimony to share: after knowing that I lost my digital camera, camcorder, and my watch at Portland airport, Pastor Chan gave me his digital camera which he just bought months ago. Even though I missed my camera, which I used to take more than 10,000 pictures in the past 3 years, now every time I use the new camera, I feel God's grace and love.) Click here for this trip's photos taken with the new camera.
陳牧師, 師母, 明心, 明悅(分享一個見證: 一聽到我在波特蘭機場弄丟了數位相機, 錄影機和手錶, 陳牧師就把他新買的數位相機送給我. 雖然我很想念過去三年拍了超過一萬張照片的舊相機, 但每當我用新的相機, 我感受到神的恩典和疼愛) 請點閱此處看這次旅行用新相機拍的照片.

Curious George Noah
好奇嘉信

We visited two Russian churchs in Washington. Two things I noticed were: 1) Russians are really tall, and 2) kids are very well behaved--they sat quietly for 2 & half hours.
我們參觀在華盛頓州的兩間俄國教會. 兩件事我注意到: 1) 俄國人真的很高; 2) 他們的小孩很乖--兩個半小時的聚會都安靜地坐著.

Thomas probably visited Noah in his dream.
湯瑪士小火車可能一遊嘉信的睡夢鄉.

A volcanic landscape after Mount St. Helens' eruption 27 years ago
27年前St. Helens火山爆發後所形成的景觀.

Unfortunately we couldn't see the Mount St. Helens (behind the clouds at top of the picture) after hours' waiting. (Click here for live Webcam--make sure you watch it during the day at PST)
可惜在幾個小時的等待後我們仍無法看到St. Helens火山的全貌(照片上方雲端之後). (點閱此處看現場鏡頭--要在我們此處的白天看喔)

Record high: continental breakfast 5 days in a row. (Danny's favorite: bake-it-yourself waffle)
破記錄: 連續五天吃大陸式早餐. (凱旭的最愛: 自己烤的奶蛋格子餅)

This turtle in Oregon Zoo reminded me of Mission Impossible
這隻在波特蘭動物園的烏龜讓我想到電影"不可能的任務"

Our trip companion: Kia Sedona (aka Noah's favorite toy)
我們旅行的好伙伴: Kia Sedona休旅車(也是嘉信最愛的玩具)

Goodbye sunset, goodbye Portland. (It was the smallest airplane that I've ever taken--Bombardier CRJ-700, for 70 passengers only. To my surprise, it was very smooth!)
再會夕陽, 再會波特蘭. (這是我坐過最小的飛機Bombardier CRJ-700, 只能坐70位乘客. 意外的是非常平穩)


Several interesting things I found in this trip:
1. There's no sales tax in Oregon. (we should buy xbox 360, shouldn't we?)
2. Due to lots of rains, Subaru (4 wheel drive) is very popular there.
3. Gas stations in Oregon are all full service.
這次旅行我發現幾件有趣的事:
1. 奧勒崗州不收營業稅.
2. 由於很常下雨, 很多人開四輪傳動的Subaru汽車.
3. 奧勒崗州的加油站有人為你加油.