Buds, Bikes And Brews In Portland, Oregon Such A Great Time Keepin’ Portland Weird! 530 AM Wake Up Call For Voodoo Doughnuts One Hike-8 Waterfalls It’s Rare, But We Paid For Our Stay At The Nines And What We Got Because Of It Free Delta Flights To Portland, Oregon […]
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Portland And The Oregon Wine Country-$1,100 Saved
How We Did It Free Delta Flights To Portland, Oregon And A Savings Of $1,100 About Our Trip Buds, Bikes And Brews In Portland, Oregon Sipping Our Way Through The Willamette Valley, AKA Oregon Wine Country 530 AM Wake Up Call For Voodoo Doughnuts One Hike-8 Waterfalls It’s […]
It’s Rare, But We Paid For Our Stay At The Nines And What We Got Because Of It
We did not have enough SPG points to book our stay at The Nines Hotel in Portland. After all, we jumped on board for the trip last minute, so I was not able to accumulate SPG points prior to the trip. Remember, this game works best when you have a travel goal! Originally I booked […]
Such A Great Time Keepin’ Portland Weird!
By Wendi Gordon Recently my husband and I took our first trip to Portland, OR. We chose Portland after hearing about how much fun the city is and all it had to offer. Two additional couples decided to join us, and as luck would have it, the Points Mom herself, was on our trip! It […]
Buds, Bikes And Brews In Portland, Oregon
Rob, myself and two other couples spent 3 fun-filled days in and around Portland. We explored, hiked, biked, drank and of course, ATE! We arrived in the afternoon on a Thursday and headed straight to the International Rose Test Garden (ok just the girls went, the boys happily stayed back at the hotel after a […]
Sipping Our Way Through The Willamette Valley, AKA Oregon Wine Country
After 3 fun-filled packed days in Portland, we took about a 45 minute drive and headed to the Willamette Valley for a 2 night stay at the Allison Inn & Spa. On the outside, the Allison looked a little bit like ski condos (IMO). However, the inside was beautiful with dark wood and a sleek, […]
530 AM Wake Up Call For Voodoo Doughnuts
Our Uber driver laughed when he overheard our plan to get to the first and original location of Voodoo Doughnut at 7am to beat the line. He laughed not because of the early hour, but instead because of the line that would most definitely welcome us at that time in the morning. We went at […]
One Hike-8 Waterfalls
Our second day in Portland, we took a 30 mile drive to the spectacular Multnomah Falls. There we did the 5.7 mile Multnomah Falls Trail / Wahkeena Falls Trail Loop. It was a moderate hike with some steady climbs. It was definitely a workout but also manageable for some of my companions who do not hike […]
Free Delta Flights To Portland, Oregon And A Savings Of $1,100
We just made plans to join some friends, this summer, on a trip to Portland Oregon and the Oregon wine country. Don’t forget, our kids go away every summer for 7 weeks!!!!!!!! to sleep away camp. These seven weeks give Rob and I a chance to travel. Since I will not fly with Rob, (I […]