Land of Mt. Hood and the Source of the East Wind

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:31:40 PM UTC-8, Double-A wrote:
Mt. Hood looms much larger were I am living now. Many things there are named after it: Mt. Hood Community College, The Hood Theater, and Hood Drive. Some things have been named after the east wind too, such as the East Wind Apartments. The east wind is the dominant wind there in the winter. In summer it is nice though, and stays a little cooler than downtown Portland.

Today I am back over in the Cedar Mills Library, since I don't have my Multnomah County library card yet. After lunch with Kim downtown, I came up here. It is currently 51F here with a slight sprinkling of rain starting. Should be dry again in a couple day.

A few days ago I walked over to the Mt. Hood Community College campus. I spent 2 years in school there. Much has changed, but old memories still remain.

"The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are the things that don't last
Well it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
Time passages
There's something back here that you left behind
Oh time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight

A girl comes towards you
You once used to know
You reach out your hand
But you're all alone, in these
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight" - Al Stewart

At first I felt a little lost, but then I came upon a spot I clearly remembered. It was where I had gone out there and watched a speech by then President Jimmy Carter in the late 70's. He was the first President I had seen in person! A helicopter brought him in, and Iranian students hiding their faces were demonstrating against the Shaw of Iran.

I finally found the lake that they made by damming up the local creek. I once drove a car across that dam! But if I were to try it now, I would run into a fence. I now must give up any hope of wetting a line in that trout stocked pond, as fishing is now limited to those under 17. Well, that's how I always thought it should be.

I found the basketball court with the dome shaped roof. It is a paraboloid shaped roof which gives an interesting echoic effect at its center. They have wisely covered much of the ceiling with acoustic tile.

There used to be tables and chairs on the east side where students could sit. But now it's all basketball floor. That's were I used to sit and talk with Greta and Susan in those pleasant times.

"The day is here,
The time has come
When I go see my darling love.
But why is she not here today
Where she has always been before?
I wait for you,
But you come not. - AA

I went to the corner of Kane Dr. and Stark St. to look for the stone mile post marker for mile 14 from Portland. It was there back in 1969 when I checked. This were set down every mile along Stark about 150 years ago. Stark led to the Stark St. Ferry, which was the only way to cross the Willamette River back then, before they built the bridges in Portland. The Community College has put up a sign at that corner and surrounded it with rocks and other landscaping. But no sign of the historic mile stone. You would think that the administrators of a college of all people would have some respect for history!

Double-A

That is it.Huntington Beach library has computers 28 years ago.Like Anaheim it is $$$$$$ all the way down.Its a fun beach.I know lots of nice beach people. Bert

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10:16:08 AM UTC-7, G=EMC^2TreBert wrote:
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:31:40 PM UTC-8, Double-A wrote:
Mt. Hood looms much larger were I am living now. Many things there are named after it: Mt. Hood Community College, The Hood Theater, and Hood Drive. Some things have been named after the east wind too, such as the East Wind Apartments. The east wind is the dominant wind there in the winter. In summer it is nice though, and stays a little cooler than downtown Portland.

Today I am back over in the Cedar Mills Library, since I don't have my Multnomah County library card yet. After lunch with Kim downtown, I came up here. It is currently 51F here with a slight sprinkling of rain starting.. Should be dry again in a couple day.

A few days ago I walked over to the Mt. Hood Community College campus. I spent 2 years in school there. Much has changed, but old memories still remain.

"The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are the things that don't last
Well it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
Time passages
There's something back here that you left behind
Oh time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight

A girl comes towards you
You once used to know
You reach out your hand
But you're all alone, in these
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight" - Al Stewart

At first I felt a little lost, but then I came upon a spot I clearly remembered. It was where I had gone out there and watched a speech by then President Jimmy Carter in the late 70's. He was the first President I had seen in person! A helicopter brought him in, and Iranian students hiding their faces were demonstrating against the Shaw of Iran.

I finally found the lake that they made by damming up the local creek. I once drove a car across that dam! But if I were to try it now, I would run into a fence. I now must give up any hope of wetting a line in that trout stocked pond, as fishing is now limited to those under 17. Well, that's how I always thought it should be.

I found the basketball court with the dome shaped roof. It is a paraboloid shaped roof which gives an interesting echoic effect at its center. They have wisely covered much of the ceiling with acoustic tile.

There used to be tables and chairs on the east side where students could sit. But now it's all basketball floor. That's were I used to sit and talk with Greta and Susan in those pleasant times.

"The day is here,
The time has come
When I go see my darling love.
But why is she not here today
Where she has always been before?
I wait for you,
But you come not. - AA

I went to the corner of Kane Dr. and Stark St. to look for the stone mile post marker for mile 14 from Portland. It was there back in 1969 when I checked. This were set down every mile along Stark about 150 years ago. Stark led to the Stark St. Ferry, which was the only way to cross the Willamette River back then, before they built the bridges in Portland. The Community College has put up a sign at that corner and surrounded it with rocks and other landscaping. But no sign of the historic mile stone. You would think that the administrators of a college of all people would have some respect for history!

Double-A

That is it.Huntington Beach library has computers 28 years ago.Like Anaheim it is $$$$$$ all the way down.Its a fun beach.I know lots of nice beach people. Bert

I would think that in an area with money, most people would have their own computers and not have to go to the library. They could buy their own book too.
Those are the things I used to do back when I was in the money. I hardly knew what the inside of a library looked like.

Beautiful blue skies here in Gresham today. 78F now as of 1:00 PM PDT. Might get up to 91F later.

Mad a run to the larger more distant version of the Dollar Tree store earlier. Now I have my pantry shelves nearly full with food.

filterbuy.com

There they are selling filters right, and advertising the site on the radio..

Double-A

Another sunny day hear in beautiful Gresham. Currently 83F as of 12:15 PM PDT. Yesterday it made 95F. Today 97F is expected.

Had a nice lunch with Kim yesterday. She keeps saying I'm looking younger all the time. Well, watching my diet, and getting plenty of exercise. Getting plenty of sun.

Double-A

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:00:06 PM UTC-7, Double-A wrote:
On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10:16:08 AM UTC-7, G=EMC^2TreBert wrote:
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:31:40 PM UTC-8, Double-A wrote:
Mt. Hood looms much larger were I am living now. Many things there are named after it: Mt. Hood Community College, The Hood Theater, and Hood Drive. Some things have been named after the east wind too, such as the East Wind Apartments. The east wind is the dominant wind there in the winter.. In summer it is nice though, and stays a little cooler than downtown Portland.

Today I am back over in the Cedar Mills Library, since I don't have my Multnomah County library card yet. After lunch with Kim downtown, I came up here. It is currently 51F here with a slight sprinkling of rain starting. Should be dry again in a couple day.

A few days ago I walked over to the Mt. Hood Community College campus.. I spent 2 years in school there. Much has changed, but old memories still remain.

"The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are the things that don't last
Well it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
Time passages
There's something back here that you left behind
Oh time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight

A girl comes towards you
You once used to know
You reach out your hand
But you're all alone, in these
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight" - Al Stewart

At first I felt a little lost, but then I came upon a spot I clearly remembered. It was where I had gone out there and watched a speech by then President Jimmy Carter in the late 70's. He was the first President I had seen in person! A helicopter brought him in, and Iranian students hiding their faces were demonstrating against the Shaw of Iran.

I finally found the lake that they made by damming up the local creek.. I once drove a car across that dam! But if I were to try it now, I would run into a fence. I now must give up any hope of wetting a line in that trout stocked pond, as fishing is now limited to those under 17. Well, that's how I always thought it should be.

I found the basketball court with the dome shaped roof. It is a paraboloid shaped roof which gives an interesting echoic effect at its center. They have wisely covered much of the ceiling with acoustic tile.

There used to be tables and chairs on the east side where students could sit. But now it's all basketball floor. That's were I used to sit and talk with Greta and Susan in those pleasant times.

"The day is here,
The time has come
When I go see my darling love.
But why is she not here today
Where she has always been before?
I wait for you,
But you come not. - AA

I went to the corner of Kane Dr. and Stark St. to look for the stone mile post marker for mile 14 from Portland. It was there back in 1969 when I checked. This were set down every mile along Stark about 150 years ago. Stark led to the Stark St. Ferry, which was the only way to cross the Willamette River back then, before they built the bridges in Portland. The Community College has put up a sign at that corner and surrounded it with rocks and other landscaping. But no sign of the historic mile stone. You would think that the administrators of a college of all people would have some respect for history!

Double-A

That is it.Huntington Beach library has computers 28 years ago.Like Anaheim it is $$$$$$ all the way down.Its a fun beach.I know lots of nice beach people. Bert

I would think that in an area with money, most people would have their own computers and not have to go to the library. They could buy their own book too.
Those are the things I used to do back when I was in the money. I hardly knew what the inside of a library looked like.

Beautiful blue skies here in Gresham today. 78F now as of 1:00 PM PDT. Might get up to 91F later.

Mad a run to the larger more distant version of the Dollar Tree store earlier. Now I have my pantry shelves nearly full with food.

filterbuy.com

There they are selling filters right, and advertising the site on the radio.

Double-A

AA Selling to homes is doing well,but the big$$$$$$ is going like Tupperware.That is my road block.M&M will go with stocks or I will have to take best offer and sell.Oct 20 will tell. Bert

On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 4:18:07 PM UTC-7, G=EMC^2TreBert wrote:
On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:00:06 PM UTC-7, Double-A wrote:
On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10:16:08 AM UTC-7, G=EMC^2TreBert wrote:
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:31:40 PM UTC-8, Double-A wrote:
Mt. Hood looms much larger were I am living now. Many things there are named after it: Mt. Hood Community College, The Hood Theater, and Hood Drive. Some things have been named after the east wind too, such as the East Wind Apartments. The east wind is the dominant wind there in the winter. In summer it is nice though, and stays a little cooler than downtown Portland.

Today I am back over in the Cedar Mills Library, since I don't have my Multnomah County library card yet. After lunch with Kim downtown, I came up here. It is currently 51F here with a slight sprinkling of rain starting. Should be dry again in a couple day.

A few days ago I walked over to the Mt. Hood Community College campus. I spent 2 years in school there. Much has changed, but old memories still remain.

"The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are the things that don't last
Well it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
Time passages
There's something back here that you left behind
Oh time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight

A girl comes towards you
You once used to know
You reach out your hand
But you're all alone, in these
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight" - Al Stewart

At first I felt a little lost, but then I came upon a spot I clearly remembered. It was where I had gone out there and watched a speech by then President Jimmy Carter in the late 70's. He was the first President I had seen in person! A helicopter brought him in, and Iranian students hiding their faces were demonstrating against the Shaw of Iran.

I finally found the lake that they made by damming up the local creek. I once drove a car across that dam! But if I were to try it now, I would run into a fence. I now must give up any hope of wetting a line in that trout stocked pond, as fishing is now limited to those under 17. Well, that's how I always thought it should be.

I found the basketball court with the dome shaped roof. It is a paraboloid shaped roof which gives an interesting echoic effect at its center.. They have wisely covered much of the ceiling with acoustic tile.

There used to be tables and chairs on the east side where students could sit. But now it's all basketball floor. That's were I used to sit and talk with Greta and Susan in those pleasant times.

"The day is here,
The time has come
When I go see my darling love.
But why is she not here today
Where she has always been before?
I wait for you,
But you come not. - AA

I went to the corner of Kane Dr. and Stark St. to look for the stone mile post marker for mile 14 from Portland. It was there back in 1969 when I checked. This were set down every mile along Stark about 150 years ago. Stark led to the Stark St. Ferry, which was the only way to cross the Willamette River back then, before they built the bridges in Portland. The Community College has put up a sign at that corner and surrounded it with rocks and other landscaping. But no sign of the historic mile stone. You would think that the administrators of a college of all people would have some respect for history!

Double-A

That is it.Huntington Beach library has computers 28 years ago.Like Anaheim it is $$$$$$ all the way down.Its a fun beach.I know lots of nice beach people. Bert

I would think that in an area with money, most people would have their own computers and not have to go to the library. They could buy their own book too.
Those are the things I used to do back when I was in the money. I hardly knew what the inside of a library looked like.

Beautiful blue skies here in Gresham today. 78F now as of 1:00 PM PDT. Might get up to 91F later.

Mad a run to the larger more distant version of the Dollar Tree store earlier. Now I have my pantry shelves nearly full with food.

filterbuy.com

There they are selling filters right, and advertising the site on the radio.

Double-A

AA Selling to homes is doing well,but the big$$$$$$ is going like Tupperware.That is my road block.M&M will go with stocks or I will have to take best offer and sell.Oct 20 will tell. Bert


Multi-Level. There you go!

Double-A

Another sunny day here in Gresham. 83F as of 12:45 PM PT. Expected high 95F. Weather should hold through the holiday weekend.

Went out this morning and got what I need to celebrate the 4th. Good food and a stop at the liquor store.

I got to feeling the urge to wet a line yesterday, so I walked over to Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up a copy of the Oregon fishing regs. A lot has changed. Most of it more restrictive. You have to pay an additional fee just to fish in the Columbia basin, which is everywhere around here! The best wasters I used to know about are now catch and release only. And keeping a fish makes a difference to a poor guy like me. But there were some good things. Bait is allowed now in more waters than it was 15 years ago. And while you can no longer get senior license until you are 70, I found out that I can now qualify for a completely free "Pioneer's" license because I have lived in Oregon over 50 years! I felt like I had just won the lottery!

Double-A

Looks like we're stuck with high temperatures for the foreseeable future. I might have to start believing in global warming.

The library will be closed tomorrow. There seems to be no fireworks display in Gresham anymore. The first fireworks display I can remember was in Gresham. My old home town of Corbett now has a big display, but it is 10 miles further east of here and it is off the bus lines.

So it looks like I'll have to entertain myself.

Double-A

A relatively boring 4th of July. Mostly stayed home, ate hotdogs, potato salad, and ice cream. Drank MacNaughton's Canadian.

Went for a walk in the evening in a local park. There are many trails there. Nobody else was there. Stopped at the local pizzeria and bar and had a couple beers. Those people were really getting into partying. Even the barmaid, who is the owner's wife, was getting into it.

Was fairly quiet around the neighborhood until after 9:30 or so, then the banging began. There was no official fireworks display in Gresham this year. Overall it was a fairly quiet 4th.

Double-A

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1:12:00 PM UTC-7, Double-A wrote:
A relatively boring 4th of July. Mostly stayed home, ate hotdogs, potato salad, and ice cream. Drank MacNaughton's Canadian.

Went for a walk in the evening in a local park. There are many trails there. Nobody else was there. Stopped at the local pizzeria and bar and had a couple beers. Those people were really getting into partying. Even the barmaid, who is the owner's wife, was getting into it.

Was fairly quiet around the neighborhood until after 9:30 or so, then the banging began. There was no official fireworks display in Gresham this year. Overall it was a fairly quiet 4th.

Double-A

Oh, as of 1:15 PM PDT it is sunny and 88F here in Gresham. Expected high is 95F. Yesterday it got up to 94F. No chance of rain expected for a week.

Double-A here in sunny Gresham!

On Friday, July 3, 2015 at 5:05:48 PM UTC-7, Double-A wrote:
Looks like we're stuck with high temperatures for the foreseeable future. I might have to start believing in global warming.

The library will be closed tomorrow. There seems to be no fireworks display in Gresham anymore. The first fireworks display I can remember was in Gresham. My old home town of Corbett now has a big display, but it is 10 miles further east of here and it is off the bus lines.

So it looks like I'll have to entertain myself.

Double-A

AA I'm depressed.Another weekend and no beach weather.Here it is the 5th of July and its very cool and cloudy.I bought a nice swim shorts,and have not worn them yet.It use to be rain that kept me off Revere Beach,but can never say rain kept me from Huntington Beach. I think I might stay up on Mt.Baldy and paint the view.Become a mountain man.Its only about 40 miles away.Bert