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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FOR NORTH BEND’S FUTURE

August 26, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Tourist attractions for non-golfers on their way to Bandon? If you’re not golfing, why go to Bandon? When daddy brings the family to town and parks his jet in North Bend before heading for Bandon Dunes, what’s the family do while he’s gone?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Bandon Dunes, blogger, boomerpdx, family time, golfer, money, North Bend, rich guy, the future, tourist, tourist attractions, Tourist Destinations

BETTER VIEW FOR BETTER TIMES

August 25, 2023 by David Gillaspie

This better view comes from Front Street in Coos Bay. Better than what? It’s a better view than the parking lot outside my motel door, but I’m not complaining. A ship, a bay, and a dream of discovery. What else would you want?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: better view, blogger, boomerpdx, Coos Bay, North Bend, north spit, observer, Oregon, view, water view

HOMEWARD BOUND FOR NORTH BEND TOWN

August 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Homeward bound will always be North Bend, Oregon. For me, maybe not you. What feels like a nice memory is more than that. Let’s go with a living testament to the hardworking people who still call it home. Hard working?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bulldog, class of 1973, Coos Bay, family, fishermen, fishing, hard work, hardworking people, high school reunion, homeward bound, logging town, North Bend, North Bend Bulldogs, North Bend High School, Oregon, pumped up, seventies, work

ARMY BIRTHDAY? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARMY

June 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Army birthday is for the oldest branch of military service in America. But you knew this? I didn’t. And I was in the Army.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, army birthday, army war college, happy birthday, military, North Bend, North Bend High School, Oregon, Portland, verbal abuse, volunteer

BOOMER MEDICINE: THEY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE?

June 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Boomer medicine comes in the same variety as everyone else’s: What works. And what doesn’t work. But for boomers there’s an extra additive.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: accountable, adult children, BOOMER, boomer medicine, boomers, Coos Bay, covid, dead, Death, goals, hometown, icu, medicine, mistakes, moving forward, North Bend, Portland, reader, responsible, rivalries, tactical advice

VANISHING POINT: HOW TO REMEMBER PORTLAND

May 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The vanishing point definition: The center spot on a horizon line where parallel lines in the foreground converge. Like a triangle? Maybe. Check a drawing book. The vanishing point for Portland takes another view, and it’s nothing to do with weird or keeping Portland weird. Shocking, don’t you think?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomerpdx, famous portland, newsbreak, North Bend, Oregon, Portland, portland memories, Portland Oregon, portland problem, portland quitters, remember portland, Rose City, Seattle, small town, tourist attractions, vanishing point

ONE PORTLAND BABY BOOMER DECADE

February 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My Portland baby boomer decade began in 1980. It began when I stepped off the bus after a three day ride from Manhattan. (Hey, B.) For twenty-six year old me it was a life changer. By 1990 I was heading out.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Alameda ridge, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, Best Of Portland Walking Tour, Coos Bay, invitation to portland, money, North Bend, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, portland decade, portland love, Portland Oregon, portland road, portland story, Seattle, taxes, Tigard, Travel Portland Tourism, west hills, willamette week

BOOMER MISTAKES TO CLEAN UP

December 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Baby boomer mistakes? What mistakes? In some circles everything boomer related is a mistake. This isn’t that circle. Instead, I’ll look at common mistakes and regrets to avoid. This is for younger generations.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomer mistakes, boomer related, boomer retirement, boomerpdx, boomers, career goals, Coos Bay, museum work, North Bend, Oregon, Oregon History, Portland, travel goal, work life, younger generations

SETTING GOALS IN TIME, NEW GOALS

December 22, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Setting goals is more a lifestyle than anything. We want more, we want less, we want what we don’t have. What’s the one thing you never have enough of? Time. But, you can make time.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: ashland oregon, deans mountain, drain oregon, following through, goals, lifestyle, loon lake, North Bend, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, setting goals, time

COLLEGE DANCE IN HIGH SCHOOL, 1972

November 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A college dance had a special allure to high school kids. We were high school homers in 1972; the college was Southwestern Oregon Community College, or: SWOCC. The campus was in Coos Bay, Oregon, a city of mystery and sawdust. I’d never been to a college dance, but I was a high school junior and […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomerpdx, college dance, Coos Bay, dance, empty win, friends, good graces, honesty, North Bend, Oregon Coast, parental approval, parents, personal victory, red jumpsuit, stronger people, SWOCC, truth, vexing problem