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Chinese History in Portland

  • Start date: 10/17/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/17/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Load Bus 7:30 AM, depart 8:00 AM
Portland’s Chinatown is our October destination. Located in "Old Town" are the remnants of a thriving Chinese community dating back to the 1870s. At one time it was the second largest Chinatown in the United States. This is an Oregon history story that we'll experience at the new Chinese Museum opened in December, 2018. We'll also tour the beautiful and culturally inspiring Lan Su Chinese Garden. Lunch (included) will be at the nearby Golden Horse restaurant. We will look for the old underground tunnels and imagine the stories to be told. Businesses, family associations and underground illegal activity thrived. In recent times, with gleaming new developments happening in the "Old Town" historic district, the Chinese community is moving to 82nd street on the east side of Portland. We'll return to Eugene via the east side and down Hwy 99.
ALL BUS TRIP PARTICIPANTS MUST COMPLETE A MEDICAL INFORMATION FORM FOR CURRENT YEAR. Medical form is available from registrar or at http://www.obsidians.org/com_bus

Cost: $75 Members $77 Non-Member Payment due September 26
Please make checks payable to Obsidians Bus Trips
REGISTRATION AND MAIL CHECKS TO: Marcia Claypool 541-736-3896
2351 Loch Dr. Springfield, OR 97477
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  • Event Leader: Marsonette Vern

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  • Season: 2019

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  • Member Fees: 75

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  • Non-Member Fees: 77

  • Committee: Bus Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

After forty-seven signups and nineteen cancellations we finally got on the road with twenty-eight cheerful travelers for our Chinese History Portland trip. We had a full agenda; with cloudy skies, fifty degree temperatures and a threat of rain. The rain held off while we enjoyed our coffee break at the Santiam rest area. Coffee, cookies, brownies and fruit were supplied by the bus committee. As we traveled north we enjoyed a PBS movie “Portland NOIR”, a Chinese history story about early Chinese settlers. Vern supplied popcorn for all as an extra treat. Upon arrival in Portland we passed through the China Gate at 4th and Burnside, arriving at the Chinese History Museum at our assigned time for a private tour. We were greeted by our tour guides, Executive Director Jackie Pierson-Lomis Ph.D. and Jennifer Fang Ph.D. After dividing into two groups we were given an excellent forty-five minute tour through the museum which has just undergone a major renovation. Then it was off to lunch at the Golden Horse Restaurant for a delicious family style lunch featuring eight separate delightful and tasty dishes. Following lunch most of our riders walked to the Chinese Gate for a group photo op. Others remained at the bus until time to check in at the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Although the garden is not a flower garden there are many beautiful shrubs, “sanctuaries” and a small Koi pond with several small bridges. Leaving the garden we traveled to 82nd Street looking for another China Gate on the east side of town. Unsuccessful in this adventure, we headed for home and enjoyed another PBS movie “Massacre at Hells Canyon”. We arrived back in Eugene about 5:30 after a full day of fun.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 30
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up West, Mary Ellen 541-342-8672 N 77
2 Signed-Up Marsonette, Vern 541-600-5332 N 75
3 Signed-Up Cutsforth, Sharon 541-735-4703 N 75
4 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 75
5 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 75
6 Signed-Up Payne, Don 541-452-3617 N 75
7 Signed-Up Beard, Barbara 541-994-2337 N 75
8 Signed-Up Beard, Paul 541-994-2337 N 75
9 Signed-Up Beard, Paula 541-968-0013 N 75
10 Signed-Up Marsonette, Sheila 541-285-8547 N 75
11 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 75
12 Signed-Up Phelps, Judy 541-726-0118 N 77
13 Signed-Up Arthur, Bill 541-844-5156 N 77
14 Signed-Up Allen, Ethel 541-736-0692 N 77
15 Signed-Up Claypool, Marcia 541-736-3896 N 75
16 Signed-Up Hopkins, Yuan 541-484-4269 N 75
17 Signed-Up Stern, Carol 541-746-3804 N 75
18 Signed-Up Loeser, Vickie 541-285-5647 N 77
19 Signed-Up Schwartz, Debra 541-514-3202 N 77
20 Signed-Up Mellott, John 503-910-7895 N 77
21 Signed-Up Mellott, Theresa 503-559-1889 N 77
22 Signed-Up Adamcyk, Judy 541-302-8160 N 75
23 Signed-Up Adamcyk, Thomas 541-302-8160 N 75
24 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N 75
25 Signed-Up Hawkins, David 541-505-0119 N 75
26 Signed-Up Duncan, Sharon 541-343-8079 N 75
27 Signed-Up Baldwin, Mari 541-206-9251 N 75
28 Signed-Up Allen, Jane 541-731-1338 N 77
29 Signed-Up Ewing, Jack 541-344-9197 N 77
30 Signed-Up Ewing, Joella 541-513-7896 N 75
31 Signed-Up Northrop, Jim 541-343-3426 N 75
32 Signed-Up Hollander, Anne 541-338-9036 N 75
33 Signed-Up Bryan, Keiko 541-342-1240 N 75
34 Signed-Up Tomten, Kenneth 571-488-5258 N 77
35 Signed-Up Sato, Nancy 541-517-5004 N 77
36 Signed-Up Gadomski, Sharon 541-896-0936 N 77
37 Signed-Up Boehm, Marlene 541-747-0568 N 77
38 Signed-Up Leong, Annette 541-335-9283 N 77
39 Signed-Up Parramore, Ken 541-915-7021 N 75
40 Signed-Up McCoy, Verlean 541-895-3726 N 75
41 Signed-Up Friedland, Sharon 541-505-0971 N 75
42 Signed-Up Kanagy, Ruthy 541-912-9685 N 77
43 Signed-Up Masarie, Diana 541-520-7192 N 75
44 Signed-Up Quirk, Dorothy 541-683-3469 N 75
45 Signed-Up Tamaccio, Barbara 541-344-1634 N 77
46 Signed-Up Doveri, Pat 541-912-1718 N 77
47 Signed-Up Williams, Terri 541-344-5351 N 77