PORTLAND MAVERICKS

The Portland Mavericks are playing their first independent league baseball season since 1977. So we drove down to Salem to see them play the Salem Senators.

Like we did when we watched the Portland Pickles, we sat in my favorite area of the stadium – the berm!

There were a lot less people watching the Mavericks, though. We almost had the stadium to ourselves!

It’s fun to be able to see the players up close.

We just happened to see Sean Kiley play as the starting pitcher. He’s the son of one of Mommy’s old Conan co-workers. He pitched great and left with the team leading. Unfortunately, the Mavericks ended up losing. Maybe we’ll see them win next time!

Jul 4

WILD WAVES

Kenji and I went to Wild Waves Theme and Water Park! I was sooooo excited!!! The first ride I went on was The Wild Thing roller coaster. It had a vertical loop and two corkscrews. It was great, and also my first Arrow Corkscrew.

Then I went on Timberhawk: Ride of Prey, an S&S Sansei wooden coaster. It was so fun, I went on it 3 times. It’s my new favorite coaster!

Here’s Mommy and I riding in the front row before our first ride.

Here’s a video of my off-ride reaction!

After riding the 48″ and up rides, I found Kenji in the water park and he came with me to ride some more rides!

His first ride there was Kiddie Coaster, a Zamperla Tornado powered coaster, one of only four still operating in the world.

Then Kenji rode with Daddy on the ferris wheel.

We also went on what I believe is the worst carousel in the world.

But Frog Hopper was so fun!

So was Red Baron! I’m flying in the red bi-plane and Kenji is in the white one behind me.

That’s a wrap on Wild Waves. It’s my new favorite amusement park I’ve ever been to!

Jun 27

HEAT WAVE

The Portland area is having a massive heat wave, reaching temperatures well into the 100s! We invited our friends, Aliah and Cayah, to stay with us because they don’t have air conditioning and their home is very hot.

We had fun cooking food on the grill, eating dinner outside when it cooled off way down to 99 degrees, and hanging out in our luxurious pool.

Their dog, Benny, is a very nice guy. He stayed downstairs or outside, but the cats still didn’t like him being around.

Starbucks gave Mommy a free drink for her birthday, so we tried to walk there, but we didn’t make it. Too hot!

Jun 11

OAKS #3 OF THIS YEAR

I went to Oaks for the 3rd time this season! I rode Adrenaline Peak again!

I also did a game for the first time. I didn’t get any rings on the bottles. Back to rides!

I’m not quite ready for this one!

Mar 27

A SPRING WALK

It was a lovely spring day, so we went for a walk!

There was still evidence of February’s ice storm on the trails.

Daddy and I tried to karate chop this tree out of the way.

Mar 6

DADDY’S TEMPORARY OFFICE

While the back of our house has been undergoing surgery, Daddy temporarily moved his office upstairs. So I get to see him even more!

Feb 19

POWER OUTAGE 2021

Because of the ice storm that hit West Linn, we were out of power for 5 days!

We did stuff like eat cheese quesadillas in the dark…

…And play with water and syringes in the sink.

I hung out with Fluffy, who just happens to glow different colors.

We also had to go buy stuff sometimes. We parked our car across the street and found all sorts of obstacles getting there.

One of the things we bought was an inverter to hook up to our car battery. I waited patiently in this cardboard box while Mommy and Daddy hooked it up.

After the inverter was hooked up, we had enough electricity to charge our computer!

We didn’t have internet, but I found this awesome dinosaur game that showed up on any Chrome page without internet.

On what turned out to be our last night without power, we drove to Oregon City and ate delicious hot pizza in our warm car.

Feb 14

ICEPOCALYPSE

The forecast said to expect snow, but instead, we had little bits of ice falling from the sky. After a while, ice covered everything!

I went outside and slipped and slid all over the place. I couldn’t make any snowmen, but I did do some ice sledding!

Jan 31

COVID-19 VACCINE – DOSE 1

A few days ago, Mommy got a message from OHSU that said, because I was autistic and “medically fragile,” they were in Phase 1A for the Covid vaccine and to sign up for a big vaccine party at the airport.

So we drove up there and found lots of other people there, too.