On the Way to San Francisco

On my way to San Francisco for the Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes, I spotted this finely decked out jet taxiing for a takeoff.

My flight had free on-board wifi. It turns out that my phone really sucks down battery when it is using a spotty wifi signal. At least I got off a few requisite “I’m messaging you from a plane” instant messages.

The airport train at SFO is automated.  I stood in the forward end of the front car and watched the tracks pass underneath.  Hopefully the machines don’t get angry one day and send the train off the tracks.

Portland Timbers vs Independiente

On Tuesday Brady and I went up to watch the Portland Timbers play Independiente in a friendly match.  We arrived in Portland early in order to visit some of the finer breweries of the west side.  Our first stop was at Dechutes.

 

 

Next was Bridgeport Brewing.

 

And then on to Rogue.  After that we met Cassandra and her mom at The Bitter End for a pint before we all piled into the stadium.

 In the stadium we found seats in the second row of Section 107.  Yes, the fabled 107.

 

 Brady and I were both pretty stoked.

 

 Time to get the flag waving started!

 Cassandra joined us in the Timbers Army for the first half of the game.  Her mom held down their seats in Section 99.

 

 Jesi and Brent found seats directly behind us.

 

 

 At some point, Cassandra’s camera ended up in someone else’s purse.  Never quite figured out how that happened.

 Two goals back to back kept Timber Joey busy.

 

It ended up being a 2-0 game.  Timber Joey cut another round for the goal keeper to denote that no one had scored against him that night.

After the game Brady and I relaxed at another bar with Cassandra and company.  Finally, we all headed south down the freeway to our respective homes.  Yet another great time was had with the Timbers Army!

Rose City Till I Die! Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders

People started lining up for the game three days prior.  The police cleared them out every night but they always came back the next morning.

We found our spot in line under a conveniently located shade tree.

Rose City Till I Die.

We watched the USA vs Brazil World Cup game in line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tifo was EPIC.  The King of Clubs.  Seriously.  Go search for it on YouTube.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was an AWESOME game.  Sean is now a Timbers fan as well.