Portland

I'm here in Portland. The city is amazingly beautiful. So many evergreen trees, rolling hills, and the coolest thing. Flying from Vancouver you can see some of the mountains poking through the clouds at that altitude. That was an awesome experience. :D

The first trip on a prop plane wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, for the most part. The plane was a DHC8 400 series, which is suprisingly big! It could hold roughly 50 or so people. It was very funny though how they kept saying it's a load balancing plane so some people in the front needed to move to the back so we could take off. Apparently we were too front heavy.

The flight crew was awesome. It was such a short flight. They had no more served the drinks than it was time to collect the stuff. The only downside with that quick up and down is that now my ear is killing me and I have no hearing on my right side. I'm guessing it's just a serious air bubble trapped in there and it should clear by morning, but it's seriously annoying.

The hotel I'm in, though... I usually stay at Hiltons, but decided to give the Courtyard here a go. Big mistake. The hotel is nice enough, but seriously... I asked for a fridge in my room. This should not be a massive request, especially given the fact I asked for it over a week ago. Guess what. A bunch of little snot nosed brats were asking for them so they can keep their effing sodas cold. So no fridge for the person that asked a long time ago and really needs it. "Sorry, we can't help you, as it's first come, first serve basis". This is not my problem, given the fact I asked well in advance, but apparently it's first come at check in. They did give me a couple of vouchers to the bar/restaurant and they did put my stuff in the staff fridge/freezer. Now we hope it will be there in the morning. I'm not too stressed about cross-contamination as everything is sealed and in freezer bags, but for the love of Dog, WTF?? Seriously, they should have set one aside, espeically when I stipulated medical need. I don't care about these little f****ers and their coke.

Tomorrow isn't going to come soon enough. At least the folks who are hosting this conference seem to have their act together.