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| Bombardier Q400 |
The flight was not long, just two hours, in about the smallest plane MrGrumpy has ever flown in (except for a micro-light). MrGrumpy was not really able to get a nap but did relax a little on the way.
There were some nice views of the mountains while the sun was low on the way, which he was able to get one shot on his phone.
The rest of the day was taken up working with the customer and a break for lunch, pretty much non stop.
Once back at the hotel in Portland, MrGrumpy and MissUSFae, went out on search for the local apple store. In Oregon there is no sales tax and therefore apple products are 8.75% cheaper than in California. The online application said the local store did not have any 64GB iPad3 (4G LTE) in stock, but he thought it was worth working a few blocks to check.
MissiSalesAssistent said she did not think they had any but would go and check, upon return she ask was he after black or white?, MrGrumpy asked which they had, she said both, so he decided on Black as Little Miss Naughty already has a white one. With the exchange rate it works out over £100 cheaper than the UK price.
After the little (expensive) trip to the Apple store, it was time to find food, using a recommendation from MissiSalesAssistent as MissUSFae wanted a seafood restaurant, after some misdirection from the iPhones waking directions, they found the restaurant (well same name but not actually the one they were looking for, the one they were aiming for was 2 blocks across and 2 block up).
MrGrumpy choose IPA beer battered fish and chips (and a couple of pints of IPA), MissUSFae had Salmon, when finished then they headed back to the hotel (more directly without the detour via apple or 1st avenue) and agreed to meet at 8:30am to head to Starbucks for breakfast prior to returning for the morning at the the customer.
There were some nice views of the mountains while the sun was low on the way, which he was able to get one shot on his phone.
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| Mount Shasta (14,179 ft, California) |
Once back at the hotel in Portland, MrGrumpy and MissUSFae, went out on search for the local apple store. In Oregon there is no sales tax and therefore apple products are 8.75% cheaper than in California. The online application said the local store did not have any 64GB iPad3 (4G LTE) in stock, but he thought it was worth working a few blocks to check.
MissiSalesAssistent said she did not think they had any but would go and check, upon return she ask was he after black or white?, MrGrumpy asked which they had, she said both, so he decided on Black as Little Miss Naughty already has a white one. With the exchange rate it works out over £100 cheaper than the UK price.
After the little (expensive) trip to the Apple store, it was time to find food, using a recommendation from MissiSalesAssistent as MissUSFae wanted a seafood restaurant, after some misdirection from the iPhones waking directions, they found the restaurant (well same name but not actually the one they were looking for, the one they were aiming for was 2 blocks across and 2 block up).
MrGrumpy choose IPA beer battered fish and chips (and a couple of pints of IPA), MissUSFae had Salmon, when finished then they headed back to the hotel (more directly without the detour via apple or 1st avenue) and agreed to meet at 8:30am to head to Starbucks for breakfast prior to returning for the morning at the the customer.
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