My niece is coming to visit and she has never been to Portland  before, so we are looking for all the places we HAVE to take her while she is here.  If you do live in Portland, I most certainly hope you have been to most if not all of these places Not from here?  Sit back and let me give you a quick tour of a few FREE sights of Portland.

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There were great discoveries we made on this trip.  I love it, because she lives there and knows all the great places and then we stumble upon something so great that neither of us knew about.  It makes it like a vacation for both of us and that's fun.

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We all know the economy is bad everywhere, but at the same time we can take advantage of this.  I have heard that things in Hawaii are really cheap right now.  I have a shirt tale relative just tell me they booked a place through VRVO.com.  They had used it once before loved it and are now using the service again.

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These steps can also be done with any amusement park, even Disneyland or Disneyworld (although they are open all year long).  I always like to get the most out of my trip, so here is how I go about it.

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I don't know that I would choose Reno as a destination for a vacation, but we did have fun.  The whole reason for going down was our friends had a special doctor appointment, so we just decided to make a trip out of it. We all had fun, but we all agreed we wouldn't rush back, it's just not our things.  But nonetheless we came away with tips to help you plan your trip if that is something you are interested in.

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Well we leave in just a few days, so I have continued to look around for more activties besides the Toxic Audio.  And in my browsing I found this website Pioneer Center for Performing Arts.  There I found a Hypnostist that will be performing while we will be in town.  There is also a calendar of events so you can see all the other things that will be happening now and in the months to come.  You can even purchase tickets right online.

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Well I have been checking every website I can think of and trying to come up with some shows that we can go see while we are in Reno.  I have come across this one that I am pretty excited about.  It's called Toxic Audio.  It sounds amazing.  Its kind of a cross between music and improv comedy, and it sounds pretty high energy.  I called and talked with someone and it's general seating, so there is really no need to purchase tickets ahead of time, and while we are there we will have 3 shows to choose from.  So we will wait and see what else might be playing there so we don't end up double booking ourselves or missing out on something esle that looks great.

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Alright this is a place that I haven't been to in years and have never been to as an adult.  So this is going to be a fun trip just trying to figure out what they have to offer.  We all know what Las Vegas has to offer, but we don't hear a whole lot about Reno.  There is a group of 4 of us going, us and our good friends from Salem.

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There were a few things that I had somehow missed when I was reading up on our vacation.  First off I guess we were not allowed to wear shorts into some of the dining rooms.  We went to the Italian place and it said on a sign out front no shorts or flip flops allowed.  Well we were not prepared for anything else, we had brought nothing but shorts for the guys and my daughter and I had capris.  So we entered with our shorts and flip flops, although we looked nice.  There were people that were not dressed nice at all and no one was turned away.  So if you want to take extra clothes for some dinners go ahead, but it was never required.

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Ok, we are not fans of Mazatlan.  Its a very loud busy city.  Lots and lots of traffic.  There is a pretty drive you can take along the coast line through the city. We were able to enjoy that when we went from the Golden District to Old Town Mazatlan.  Old Town was a really fun day.  There are some amazing buildings there and if you walk a ways there is a huge market in which you can buy and trinket, clothing and food you would like.  A few too many pig heads for me, but it was fun and interesting none the less.

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