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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Oregon Beach Vacations

Based on what I heard and watched in some videos, Oregon is a beautiful state. They have gorgeous beaches and beautiful sceneries there. In fact, one of our friends is planning to go there. I would to tell him about Oregon Coast Vacation Rentals so he can have a place to stay when he go there. It's good to spend a vacation in a beach front location to enjoy the fresh ocean breeze and also to have your eyes feast on the beauty of God's wonderful creation. Oregon Beach Vacations' extensive list of properties includes a variety of amenities including ocean front locations, pet friendly homes, hot tub equipped, gourmet kitchens and a variety of views. They also provide exceptional customer service to their customers and they're dedicated to helping you find your perfect Oregon Coast vacation home or condominium on the Northern or Central Oregon Coast.

Press Release:

For Immediate Release
June 17, 2008
For More Information:
David McElveen, President
River City Travel & Oregon Beach Vacations
503-528-7491
David@travelpdx.com


Oregon Beach Vacations Adds GuestAdVantage™ To Enhance Guest Services Innovative Program Allows Vacationers To Earn Points Towards Free Nights and Gift Cards
Portland, OR – June 2008 / Oregon Beach Vacations / Press Release – Oregon Beach Vacations, the leader in vacation rentals along Oregon’s Northern and Central coastlines, has launched the innovative Oregon Beach Vacations GuestAdVantage™ Program to enhance their already extensive guest services program and reward vacationers for their loyalty.
GuestAdVantage™ will allow guests to earn points which can be redeemed for free nights during future stays or gift cards. Membership in the program is free and you earn 50 GuestAdVantage™ points during registration. Guests will then earn one point for every dollar they spend with Oregon Beach Vacations. Members of the program can earn between 250 and 750 points immediately by uploading pictures of their Oregon Beach Vacations. There will also be specials and promotions throughout the year that will offer members the opportunity to earn bonus points.

“The GuestAdVantage™ Program is designed to reward our loyal clients for allowing Oregon Beach Vacations to provide them with their vacation rentals. Since our founding, we have been very lucky to have a very high percentage of repeat guests and we have wanted to provide a way to thank them for their continued business – we believe that this program more than accomplishes this goal. In conjunction with our already extensive list of guest services, we believe that offer a package to vacationers that is unmatched not only along the Oregon Coastline but throughout the Northwestern Unites States”, stated David McElveen, President of Oregon Beach Vacations.
Oregon Beach Vacations manages over 150 privately owned vacation homes and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. They also have offices in Lincoln City and Cannon Beach, Oregon to better serve their clients and homeowners. Oregon Beach Vacations offers vacationers a variety of different vacation rental properties to suit every vacation need from cottage to condominium to luxury home with several different view options including Mountain View, Ocean View and Waterfront. Some select properties even allow pets.
Oregon Beach Vacations recently launched their new website, www.OregonBeachVacations.com, which was designed to enrich the booking experience for vacationers and provide more booking opportunities for homeowners. The site features interactive maps, real-time online availability and bookings, pictures and full descriptions of all rental properties as well as their newest feature – The Oregon Beach Vacations Webcam.
The Webcam is located in the webcam is located in Lincoln City, Oregon and will give an immediate view of the central Oregon Coast offering a first-hand look at the weather, tides and the beautiful Oregon surf conditions. The webcam can be accessed directly at www.oregonbeachvacations.com/webcam.htm.
About Oregon Beach Vacations
Oregon Beach Vacations was founded in 2004. The owners, David McElveen and Joe Murray, envisioned building a premier vacation rental company on the Oregon coast. Today, Oregon Beach Vacations operates three offices and manages over 160 vacation rental properties. The company is owned and operated by River City Travel, Oregon’s second largest travel agency which includes a staff of over 80 reservation team members whose combined sales is over 40 million dollars per year. Benefits for homeowners include an aggressive marketing campaign that reaches over two million potential guests weekly; marketing agreements with over 4,000 travel agents worldwide and 24/7 availability. For more information, please visit www.OregonBeachVacations.com or call 800-723-2383.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Worlds Largest Swimming Pool

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115 ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and you have the space to accommodate it - then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly 1 bill ion an d the annual maintenance bill will be 2 million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on

Chile's southern coast, since it opened last month.

Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.

It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco , which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.

Chile's monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.

The sun warms the water to 26 C, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.

Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build 'an impressive artificial paradise' even in inhospitable areas.

'As l ong as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.'

All I can say is WOW!








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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Colorful Flowers

I just love flowers and I love planting flowering plants. My flowers are blooming right now. They are perennials that's why they come back each year. I have day lilies, roses, ferns with white flowers, lantana, sweet william, hydrangea, canas and mums. I water them everyday and if I can't do it, I ask my hubby to water them. Flowers are so colorful and I enjoyed looking at them.


Saturday, June 7, 2008

Zebra Dilemma Solved...

A Zebra dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates. As he enters, he asks St. Peter, "I have a question that's haunted me all of my days on earth: Am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?"

St. Peter said, "That's a question only God can answer." So the zebra went off in search of God.

When he found Him, the zebra asked, "God, please - I must know. Am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?"

God simply replied "You are what you are."

The zebra returned to see St. Peter once more, who asked him, "Well, did God resolve your query for you?"

The zebra looked puzzled. "No sir, God simply said 'You are what you are.'"

St. Peter smiled and said to the zebra, "Well then, there you are. You are white with black stripes."

The zebra asked St. Peter, "How do you know that for certain?"

"Because," said St. Peter, "If you were black with white stripes, God would have said, "You is what you is."

Witness Testimonial

What if I would be in a situation that I will become a witness and will be required to reinvent myself through the Witness Protection Program? It would be hard to adjust to a new life, relocate and be away from my friends and loved ones. Life would not be the same but life has to go on. I would be relocating to the country and be away from the city life. I would have to change my job and perhaps I would just prefer to work at home so I would not be in contact to a lot of people. In that way I can protect myself from anybody who would be on the look out for me. I would have to
change my name too and of course I would have to familiarize myself to my new environment. I bet I would have a hard time doing it at first but after a while I'm sure I'll get used to it.

Speaking of being a witness and relocating, watch out for the USA Network's new original series In Plain Sight which opened last June 1st. This is a new crime drama wherein Mary Shannon is a US Marshall for the Witness Protection Program in this action TV show. This is the kind of show that my hubby loves to watch. Watch out folks and don't miss out.

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