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This trip changed rather suddenly.\u00a0 I was scheduled to teach two classes this week, but the instructor who was scheduled to teach the same classes last week had a health issue.\u00a0 Originally I was going to fly out today for the three days of classes and then fly home Thursday.\u00a0 NTT was in a bind and \u201csweetened\u201d the pot and that together with being here a bit over a week and a half justified flying Pat with me.<\/p>\n
The classes I am teaching (both weeks) consist of one day bearing and two day lubrication.\u00a0 Both of these are Boeing classes that NTT contracts to teach.\u00a0 The bearing class is kind of a hodge podge and I end up teaching from three PowerPoint presentations.\u00a0 That combination really covers some detailed territory.\u00a0 The lubrication presentation is very detailed but one PowerPoint covers the material very well.\u00a0 It is interesting that we cover the same subjects in some of our NTT classes, but for significantly shorter periods.\u00a0 For bearings I spend perhaps 4 hours of class time and lubrication perhaps 3 hours.\u00a0 When I first saw the schedule for the Boeing versions, I wondered what in the heck I was going to do with all the extra time.\u00a0 However the material has expanded to fit the schedule and it works out well.<\/p>\n
The classes start at 6:00 AM, so I set the alarm for 3:45 to do a bit of computer work and make the trip to the plant (about 30 minutes).\u00a0 When I return mid afternoon, I am ready for a nap!!<\/p>\n
As is often the case, we stop at Trader Joe\u2019s and stock up on food that we can prepare in the room.\u00a0 I get salads for lunch at the plant.\u00a0 We have several meals of crackers and cheese.\u00a0 We also eat out once in a while.<\/p>\n
We flew here on Sunday February 6th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Our flight took us just to the north of Mt Hood which is a magnificent snow covered mountain very close to the Portland area.<\/p>\n Thursday we just cooled our jets and I attempted to \u201crecover\u201d for the intense 3 days of class.\u00a0 Friday we took a drive down the Columbia River Gorge on I-84.\u00a0 We have driven that route many times over the years and still enjoy the beautiful scenery.<\/p>\n Friday was kind of a special tour.\u00a0 As many times as we have been to Portland, we just never realized how close Mt Hood was to the city and the Columbia Gorge.\u00a0 I did a bit of mapping and it turned out that it would be an ideal one day tour.\u00a0 The map below shows or approximate route.\u00a0 Portland is just off the left of the map.\u00a0 As you can see it was a circle drive around the east side of the mountain.\u00a0 I have also included two photos.\u00a0 The first is one that Pat took through the windshield as we drove towards the mountain and the second is a photo I copied off the internet.\u00a0 It shows a bit more detail of how rugged the mountain is.<\/p>\n Our Tour Route around Mt Hood<\/p>\n Photo of Mt Hood taken from car<\/p>\n Internet Photo of Mt Hood showing detail<\/p>\n Lifting a bit of text from Wikipedia:\u00a0 Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.\u00a0 It is located about 50 miles east-southeast of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. In addition to being Oregon’s highest mountain, it is one of the loftiest mountains in the nation based on its prominence, and it offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.\u00a0 It has an elevation of 11,249, but when viewed from Portland at sea level, the height is amazing.<\/p>\n That is all for this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello from Vancouver, WA Sunday Evening\u00a0 \u2013 February 13, 2022 (First post of this travelogue) Pat and I are in the Portland, OR area so that I can do some classes for Boeing.\u00a0 Our hotel (Candlewood Suites) is across the … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mt-Hood-Route-e1644799093464-300x190.jpg\")
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