{"id":2299,"date":"2011-03-18T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2011-03-18T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:01:50","slug":"mini-roadtrip-to-portland-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2299","title":{"rendered":"Mini-roadtrip to Portland, OR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was Alvin&#8217;s last week over here. We decided to rent a bigger car and embarked on a mini-roadtrip. It is always nicer to travel with friends than just having the both of us \ud83d\ude42 oh well&#8230; Pictures below are courtesy of Alvin and WQ.<\/p>\n<p>Alvin drove most of the time to Portland and in Portland.. while BH drove us home.haha.. we are kinda convinced that a SUV isn&#8217;t our type of car as it&#8217;s heavy and bulky&#8230; and fuel inefficient! ok.. so where we went?<\/p>\n<p>The trip there already tks up 3hrs!! After lunch, it was already abt 2.30pm??!! how fast time flies&#8230; we made out way to the Nike Headquarters&#8230; it&#8217;s the REAL headquarters! I didn&#8217;t even know that it was in Portland. The place was HUGE and quiet&#8230; because&#8230; it&#8217;s a saturday? we wanted to view the exhibits BUT the musuem was not open \ud83d\ude41 sigh&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>some pictures&#8230;<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2300\" title=\"nike\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike.jpg 340w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2302\" title=\"nike2\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike2.jpg 418w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike2-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2305\" title=\"nike5\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike5.jpg 512w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/nike5-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2306\" title=\"page\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/page.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/page.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/page-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/page-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nAfter which, we headed to <strong>Multnomah Falls<\/strong>. The waterfall is stunning&#8230; it was HUGE and magnificent &#8211; we felt that it was better than those we saw in Hawaii :X<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2309\" title=\"waterfall (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-2.jpg 360w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2308\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2308\" title=\"waterfall (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/waterfall-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us with waterfall... Pardon the wet and messy hair.. it was raining + the water was splashing from the falls.. that&#39;s y!<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nLast but not least, a picture of all of us with the Jeep \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jeep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2307\" title=\"jeep\" src=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jeep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jeep.jpg 400w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jeep-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nBH and I won&#8217;t have done this w\/o u guys \ud83d\ude42 Thank you all for mking it happen! Amazing trip and we all had fun!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Alvin&#8217;s last week over here. We decided to rent a bigger car and embarked on a mini-roadtrip. It is always nicer to travel with friends than just having the both of us \ud83d\ude42 oh well&#8230; Pictures below are courtesy of Alvin and WQ. Alvin drove most of the time to Portland and in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mini-roadtrip to Portland, OR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}