We are still getting over the daunting fact that we've driven all the way out to the west coast. Maybe it will be easier to fathom once we hit California.
Portland is a beautiful city with beautiful weather. It was reminiscent of Denver, another outdoorsy-type city, but with the advantage of being on the Pacific coast. A drive around town will spawn many sightings of runners and bikers sprinkled throughout the city. Plus Mt. Hood in the backdrop serves as icing on the cake.
Before we kicked off this trip, we each picked a place that we wanted to visit. Vlad's city was Denver (which was a blast), mine was Portland (which was also a blast), and Sal's is San Diego (which will be a blast). We only had one night in Portland, and we loved it.
After a leisurely stroll around Washington Park, we caught the end of the Yankees-Red Sox game (go Yanks!) over some excellent wings at The Cheerful Tortoise, which is right by Portland State University. Vlad had some friends from Eugene, OR (shout out to Mike & Mike in the SI!) who met up with us and showed us around the Pearl District in Downtown. We went to Deschutes Brewery, which is a local microbrewery in Oregon. After sampling the goods, we walked over to Life of Riley Tavern where we settled an East coast vs. West coast feud over a game of darts. It was a close match, but Mike & Mike edged us out, however, they have to go to work in the morning. For a city not being NYC, Portland was bumpin' on a Sunday night.
Before setting off for California, we took a short gondola tram ride which offered a panoramic view of the city (see picture). That is the Ross Island Bridge and Mt. Hood in the far background (better photo coming soon). We are now en route to San Francisco. As you can see in the lower left hand corner of our GPS unit, we have quite some ground to cover today. We are now officially going going back back to Cali Cali.
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