21st Portland (OR) Metro Reptile Expo @ Portland airport's Holiday Inn: 16 Jan 2016

[Elizabeth Freer]

Begins at 10 AM Saturday, 16 January 2016. Melody, Amy, and I await your visit. Look for the Geckos Unlimited banner.

Where:
Holiday Inn Portland Airport
8439 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97220

Stop by and say "Hi!"

For details click: Northwest Reptile Expos

 

[CWilson13]

Wish I was back in the good ol' Pacific Northwest! Funny though, there is an Expo here in New England the day after this one

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Cory ~

Are you going? How about posting a thread for that New England expo in this sub-forum?

I am very used to the climate here. However, near Thanksgiving huge amounts of rain caused major landslides south of my town. Many counties were declared States of Emergency. The Federal Gov is sending big bucks to help repair the infrastructure.

At that time I figured it was gonna rain for 40 days and 40 nights. :razz:

 

[CWilson13]

No, because of the cold and such I will probably hold off until the show in April.
Oh I remember the rain and mudslides in the Seattle area... I imagine they are just as bad down around Portland. Scary seeing the aftermath of them :shock:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

No, because of the cold and such I will probably hold off until the show in April.
Oh I remember the rain and mudslides in the Seattle area... I imagine they are just as bad down around Portland. Scary seeing the aftermath of them :shock:

For sure! Clearcutting makes land more unstable!

A Tillamook County home was on the brink of disaster as land slid near their attached garage. The slides got closer and closer to their front door making the home unsafe for living. Have not seen any updates.

 

[CWilson13]

That is terrifying! I think land/mud slides are one of the worst natural disasters. I hope everyone was able to get to safety. I just did a quick search on Tillamook County and saw an article from 12-9-15 on how the area looks more like an Archipelago than normal land because of the rainfall. We veered off topic quite a bit didn't we :scratchhead: Out of curiosity, what will you be doing at the Portland Expo? Will you have any Geckos available?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

That is terrifying! I think land/mud slides are one of the worst natural disasters. I hope everyone was able to get to safety. I just did a quick search on Tillamook County and saw an article from 12-9-15 on how the area looks more like an Archipelago than normal land because of the rainfall. We veered off topic quite a bit didn't we :scratchhead: Out of curiosity, what will you be doing at the Portland Expo? Will you have any Geckos available?

I agree! You may have seen the house I mentioned. The house numbers are 1805...(vertical).

Tillamook is one hour directly south of me.



We actually have 2 tables. One table is donated for educational purposes: Geckos Unlimited and the Pacific Northwest Herp Society. I'll be bringing my 12.5 yo female gliding gecko and my 17.5 yo Oedura castelnaui...my first velvet. This is the first show I'll not be selling any geckos. Melody and Amy will have some.

 

[CWilson13]

I didn't see any house numbers but from the pictures I can tell that it is really bad there. Even saw a video of a washout road.

Wow, some veterans of your Herp family I had to look up the Oedura castelnaui, those are gorgeous geckos! I may bug you later for more info on them. I think the educational tables are the most important at an expo. So many inexperienced people come to buy their Herps there. Always a good idea to learn more about what keeping any reptile means.

 

[amsdadtodd]

My experience living in the Northwest was completely different from what you two are describing. Yakima was a desert, despite it being less than a two hour drive to Seattle!

 

[CWilson13]

So true Todd. Funny how different Washington becomes once you reach the other side of the Cascades. Or even up in the mountains this time of year. I can recall how, as a kid, if we wanted to go sledding we pretty much had to go up to Snoqualmie pass.

Different expo but since you are here, were you going to any of the upcoming Expos Todd?

 

[amsdadtodd]

Oh, even though it was a desert, we had snow! We used to go sledding at midnight at the high school football field. They had cut terraces into the hillside there instead of bleachers and they made for some extreme sledding!

I'm certainly going to hit at least one of the expos, probably Brockton, but we'll see how my schedule looks as it gets closer. For some reason, all the East Coast expos are on Sunday, so it means skipping church to get up to Manchester, and even Brockton is cutting it close.

Todd

 

[acpart]

I'm actually glad that the New England expos are on Sunday because if they were on Saturday I wouldn't be able to go at all!

Aliza