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Dec 2004 - 27 Dec 2006
Portland,
Oregon
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 Clackamas Marriott Courtyard Hotel, the "headquarter" of out-of-town'ers for the next 3 days |
 A light lunch in the Portland Asian quarter where food is still served on this chilly but dry Christmas Day |
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 Rm 428, where Kelly & Salina call "home", neighbor to the rest of the gang. |
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 Teddy/Cat and Anthony/Pat arrive from Vancouver, enjoy a light snack before dinner. |
 First time meeting Wai-Ming's family, his better half Janice, and son Wakefield |
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 Anthony studies on KunMing and LiJiang where he will be visiting in Oct 2005 |
 Christmas dinner at Thomas' house finally, the wait is over! |
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 Thomas chats with Vincent's daughters |
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 L-R: Vincent, Anthony, Teddy, Kelly, and Wai-Ming |
 All enjoy the delicious Christmas dinner ... Oops ... appetizers |
 Thomas prepares the turkey as Pamela and Janice chat |
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 The host personally carves the turkey |
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 A well-set table |
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 Dinner is served, buffet style. Let's dig in! |
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 Simon Cheng calls in from Hong Kong with his Christmas greetings |
 The girls pose from above ... |
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 Kelly & Salina tour the Columbia River Gorge National Park with Wai-Ming & family |
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 Tour of the Bonneville Dam and Fish Hatchery |
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 A huge sturgeon fish. Sturgeons have life expectency of about 100 years, out-live many humans on this earth, at least today |
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 Tour of the Bonneville Dam |
 A turbine serviced the dam for 45 years and generated gor-zillion MWh of electricity, was placed out of commission in the early 1990's. |
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 Salmon fish-ladder, a feature that the dam architect team is proud of |
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 A very educational gallery exhibiting how modern technology and nature can co-exist |
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 The very first lock on the Columbia River |
 View of the beautiful Columbia Gorge from the vista point (facing east) |
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 View of downtown Portland (facing west) |
 Dinner at The Oregon Club |
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 Teddy's main course: lamb shank. The last lamb serving of the house. |
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 Vincent Ho (aka "Dr. HoHoHo) and family |
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 No gathering ends without a group photo ... |
 L-R Front: Vanessa, Lana, Beverly, Catherine L-R Middle (sitting): Wakefield, Pamela, Janice, Cat, Bernadette, Pat, Salina, Daren L-R: Back (standing): Kelly, Vincent, Teddy, WaiMing, Thomas, Anthony |
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 An after-dinner photo show in Kelly's room |
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 Dec27 morning, time to pack up and check out |
 Dimsum lunch at Grand King |
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 The boys and girls talk about strategies on how to convince their parents to go to Cancun and not Hood Canal for vacation in 2005 |
 The tough part: saying goodbye is never easy |
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