Update: Shawn Levy tells us on his blog Mad About Movies that this short film was created by Portland filmmaker James Westby!
Via Re:PDX
Fabulous Elko, Nevada
Light posting this week, we’re visiting my brother and his family in Elko, Nevada. We’ll be back in Portland in time for Saturday’s Belmont Street Fair: Heather will be selling more of her paintings!
Meanwhile, follow Heather’s Twitterings of our trip, and visit my brother’s branch of the Dave Knows empire to learn all about living in Fabulous Elko, Nevada: Dave Knows: Elko!
Crater Lake: Worth an hour, or a day?
Heather and I need your help planning a fall road trip: Hi, Internets. Can I Have Your Opinion, Please?
Photo credit: Wikipedia user Zainubrazvi
Amtrak launches direct Portland to Vancouver, BC service August 19
The much anticipated direct Portland to Vancouver, BC train service is finally here. Well, it’s here starting on August 19th.
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced today that the long awaited second daily Amtrak Cascades train between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. will begin service on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.
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With the addition of this second train service, travelers from Oregon will now have direct round-trip service between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, B.C.
Read the rest: Second Amtrak Cascades train to Vancouver, B.C. begins service August 19.
The second Amtrak Cascades train will continue to run through at least the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Dave gets out of town: Moss Creek, Washington
I’ve lost my zeal for the Oregon Brewers Festival (perhaps next year I’ll take the Thursday off and go right at noon, before the hoards descend).
So this past weekend Heather and I got out of town. We’ve nearly exhausted the close-to-town campgrounds on the Oregon side of the river, so we decided to head north. North and east, to a small campground a few miles off Washington Highway 14 between Stevenson and Bingen called Moss Creek. We didn’t know much about it, as descriptions on the internet are scarce and it’s not mentioned in our one Washington camping book, but they take reservations so that decided us.
Though not the best campground we’ve stayed at, Moss Creek proved convenient to exploring The Gorge, Mount Adams, the Big Lava Bed, and other sights. We experienced fantastic weather for the first time in our half dozen or so camping trips together, and we branched out in our camp cookery: we baked biscuits and rolls on the campfire; and I can now unequivocally state that one thing our previous camping experiences lacked was fresh baked bread!
As usual Heather has blogged our latest adventure, with map (stolen above), photos and a deft sense of humor, at Mile73: