On 4 June I had the awesome opportunity ride down the Willamette River from the Port of Kalama http://www.portofkalama.com/ into Portland on the USS Shoup DDG86 the ship is named for General David M. Shoup (1904–1983), the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps www.shoup.navy.mil . I arrived with my friend Miss Oregon 2008 Danijela Krstic. We took a charter bus ride from downtown Portland to the Port of Kalama. We were soon underway and enjoying a beautiful northwest morning on the river. I was told that this was the first time in many years that during the Rose Festival fleet arrival that it did not rain or it wasn't horribly cold. Danijela and I enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, meeting wonderful civilians, Sailors and Officers.

Mrs. Oregon boards the USS Shoup in Kalama, Wa.

Miss Oregon and Mrs. Oregon embark on

their journey down the Willamette River

History of the USS Shoup

In the Army it's a mess hall. Not sure what it is in the Navy

One of our kind tour guides

We were joined by the Seattle Sehawks Seagals on our trip

Mrs. Oregon found a fellow female military officer and

fellow vegetarian...a good thing when all they were serving

visitors was hamburgers :(

Miss Oregon and Mrs. Oregon pose with a group of Naval

JROTC Cadets

Miss Oregon enjoys the view as she sales into the Rose

City.

The old and the new (Buildings not me) Memorial Coliseum

on the left, Rose Garden on the right

Standing watch as we arrive in Portland