Vietnam War

Great Big Train to D.C.

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I love trains. I love hotels. And I love Washington, D.C. This I found out when I was five. Gazing up at the world from my princely perch of three and half feet, I discovered adventure and wonder on a family junket to our nation’s capital. I also found God. Sort of.

Our Own Private Portlandia

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…And then there is the sort of vacation that has an ulterior motive. Like those settlers crossing the Oregon Trail, I too was having visions of paradise over that next hill… in today’s Oregon. Portland, Oregon. Portland, where 25-year-olds go to retire.