Today was our last day in Portland. After breakfast this morning, we decided to walk over to Powell's City of Books. This bookstore is enormous - it takes up several floors on a whole city block!
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| Books galore! |
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Wonderful Waterfalls
As I was looking into things to do during our short time in Portland, a segway tour of the city sounded it could be really fun. But a segway tour of Portland in the cold and rain?
Not so much.
So, we moved on to Plan B for today: driving the scenic Historic Columbia River Highway.
Not so much.
So, we moved on to Plan B for today: driving the scenic Historic Columbia River Highway.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Change of Pace
This trip has been a departure from how we typically travel on vacation. That is to say, I didn't do as much planning ahead of time, and we have not constantly been on the move. Other than a lunch date at 1:00PM and a basketball game tonight, we had nothing else on our agenda for today. So, after finishing breakfast (the free hotel breakfast was actually served at the Denny's across the parking lot), we decided to check out the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville.
Monday, March 20, 2017
C Is For...
Cold coast.
After we checked out of our hotel, we headed over to Fort Stevens State Park to see the wreck of the "Peter Iredale," a cargo ship which ran aground in 1906. It was super windy and cold this morning so we didn't stay very long!
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Hey, You Guys!
We were blessed with another day of sunshine today, so we decided to head down the coast this morning. First we stopped in Seaside to see the Salt Works. In order to make salt for their return journey, the Corps of Discovery boiled seawater here over a furnace, 24 hours a day, extracting about 3.5 bushels (or 28 gallons) of "excellent, fine, strong & white" salt. |
| Seaside, OR |
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Rain or Shine
When I asked the family where they wanted to go next, J immediately said, "Portland."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because Nike and Adidas are there. And there are a lot of food places that look good."
Fair enough. So, when I found a cheap one-way airfare ($59) from LAX to PDX for spring break, we were set. But since the return flight was $340 (ouch!), we will be getting home another way. More on that later...