Indiana Jones

After much waiting, Indiana Jones has finally put out a trailer. The movie, called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is scheduled to open on May 22. I hope to see it when it comes out. The movie stars a now old Harrison Ford, as well as Shia LeBouf. Below is a link to the trailer.


'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Trailer

JJ Ross's Dunk

Hermiston High School sports I have always rooted for. After all, my dad graduated from their, having participated in track. When I saw this video on ESPN's SportsCenter the other night, I was really excited. Go Dawgs!

BYU vs. Portland

I know it is almost four months old, but I have pictures from a men's college basketball game held in Portland. It was the University of Portland Pilots against the then ranked 23 Brigham Young University Cougars. BYU was able to win the game by around 20 points.

My seat was excellent for the game, being only three rows back from the score table. With that said, my pictures are still only somewhat decent since I used my cell phone. Overall it was a very fun game to watch, and I saw a very young BYU team play very well.

Note: The Chiles Center, home of the Portland Pilots, is where my high school's basketball team (Astoria) won the state champioship in 1998.

Miles, one of the centers for BYU, I met sinced he served a mission, where one of his wards that he served in was the Seaside ward. Let me tell you, he is tall.

Trent Plaisted, a talented center in the Mountain West Conference, is a fun, athletic center to watch.

Here is BYU during one of their timeouts.

Here you can see Plaisted taking a free throw shot.

Here is a much bigger picture of a BYU timeout.

You can tell how close I am to the score table from this picture.

This was the scoreboard with about five minutes left in the half.

Here is a picture of Plaisted during the warm-ups.

Jonathan Taverenari is another high scorer for the Cougars. Only a sophomore, he is making his mark already.

This is a picture of Taverenari leaving the game after a BYU win.

Air Museum (Cont.)

Here is a continuation of photos that I took at the air museum.


I was very tempted into getting this shirt after I saw it in the gift shop.

This made me laugh. If you can't read what it says: Complaint Department - Please Take a Number. Behind this is a grenade with the pin ring, which has a number attached to it.

This is a shot of the Spruce Goose's propellers. They were just as huge as the rest of the plane.

I thought that this was a really cool plane.

Ever since I was a kid I've always liked the design on this fighter plane.

You can see the enormosity, (is that a word?), of the Spruce Goose next to this good sized plane.

A neat name for a plane, even if it is remote controlled.

Apparently, even though Evergreen International is a commercial company, they used to offer airfare. Here is one of their older planes, built by the Ford Moter Company.

Its always awesome when you come across sweet designs on planes such as this one.

This World War II bomber had very stylish propellers.

Here is the tail end of the much anticipated Spruce Goose. It's hard to capture the size of it on camera.

The cockpit of the fast jet in the world. All though it is no longer in service, it was still amazing to look at. Faster than the speed of sound.

This museum was rich in helicopters, and there were some pretty cool models.

As stated earlier, this museum had other things, such as this cool antique motercycle.

This reminds me of planes that you often see at the small airports.

I thought that this plane had a cool design.

Viewings of planes aren't complete without a seaplane, such as this one.

Air Musuem

About a month ago our venture crew went to a air museum down in McMinniville. I think it is called the Evergreen Aviation Museum. There we were able to see the spruce goose, the biggest wooden airplane ever created. Below are some of the cell pics that I took.

This is a plane that is currently used by the US Air Force. Most of the outside pics that I have are of active planes.

This was another plane that was outside. You can see just how big it was, when it is sized up against a very big museum.

This was a cool shot that I was able to get looking straight down the nose of a jet.



The museum wasn't limited to airplanes though. Tanks, as well as other types of transportation could be seen.



Here is another plane that is still widely used by the services. Many will recognize it as a F-15 fighter jet.


With these type of signs, I've always wanted to see someone break one of these rules, when it is so obvious that you aren't supposed to climb on the plane.



Here is another shot at the F-15.


Another active plane, the Blue Angel, is one I recognized from the airshows that I have been to.

Here is a more detailed look at the logo

The name on the nose of the jet.

Not only could you see planes on the ground, but they had them hanging from the ceiling as well as helicopters.