skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Today we decided to go see Mt. St. Helens, which is north of Portland. To start the day, we were given the wrong directions and ended up at the wrong location. By the time we finally got to the visitors center, we found out we were still 47 miles from the viewing area. We dedided that we'd seen a lot of mountains before and the only way this one was different was that half of it's top blew off back in 1980. We skipped it and drove back to Portland. About a 150 mile round trip without the payoff. Oh well, nice drive!
At least the day finished well! We had dinner with some old friends, Ellen and Marty Graham, in Portland. Marty is in a video related business and has been a friend for over 20 years. He works for a company called Rentrak. If you have ever read or heard on the news that a particular movie opened with a huge box office over the weekend, determining those figures is one of the things Marty's company does. The rest is complicated. We had a wonderful time visiting with old friends we don't see enough.
Today we decided to go see Mt. St. Helens, which is north of Portland. To start the day, we were given the wrong directions and ended up at the wrong location. By the time we finally got to the visitors center, we found out we were still 47 miles from the viewing area. We dedided that we'd seen a lot of mountains before and the only way this one was different was that half of it's top blew off back in 1980. We skipped it and drove back to Portland. About a 150 mile round trip without the payoff. Oh well, nice drive!
At least the day finished well! We had dinner with some old friends, Ellen and Marty Graham, in Portland. Marty is in a video related business and has been a friend for over 20 years. He works for a company called Rentrak. If you have ever read or heard on the news that a particular movie opened with a huge box office over the weekend, determining those figures is one of the things Marty's company does. The rest is complicated. We had a wonderful time visiting with old friends we don't see enough.
