Moving to PORTLAND....

​So, with driving help from my brother (and Lily and an orchid in the backseat), we finally completed our  winter drive through 11 states.  It was a harrowing drive when the weather turned icy in Wyoming. The Dept of Transportation was actually closing the expressway behind us as we passed one accident after another on a very desolate stretch of I-80.  We arrived in Portland on December 14, 2014.  I now live in one of the most beautiful states in the US. 

Best bookstore ever! The largest independent bookstore in the world - covering an entire city block.

We have 600 food carts in the city with every ethnic food imaginable

Voodoo Doughnuts. Usually there are about 50 people in line.

Two of twelve bridges over the Willamette River -- the Broadway Bridge and the Freemont Bridge.

Only public transportation vehicles, bikes and pedestrians allowed on the Tilikum Bridge.

Sellwood Park near our house.

Lan Su Chinese Garden with Big Pink in the background

International Rose Test Garden

The Portland Japanese Garden, considered the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan.

PSU Farmers Market - Up to 30,000 people attend on Saturday mornings during peak season.

Shutting down I-5 for the Annual Bridge Pedal.

Quirky Portland

St. Johns Bridge with Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams in the background.

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden

Original makeshift memorial to the train victims of the Max stabbing in May 2017

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

This was the day we almost lost Lily when she was swept out. :(

This was how deep Robin had to go to save Lily. In March!

Three Sisters

Smith Rock

Angels Rest hike in the Gorge

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Behind Horsetail Falls in the Columbia River Gorge

Springtime wildflowers at Rowena Crest Trail

Crater Lake

A chair for the ages!

After a fire

Love the little fishing town of Astoria!

Ecola State Park

In front of our home after the 2017 storm that brought over 8 inches of snow

Trillium Lake with Mount Hood

Another view of Mount Hood

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse

Willamette Falls in Oregon City before they start redevelopment

Detroit Lake

Siuslaw River Bridge in the very cute town of Florence

Near Cape Meares Lighthouse

More coastal Oregon

Only in Portland! About 8,000 people ride in the Naked Bike Ride.

Powell Butte in January

Near Sellwood Park

Mt Tabor Park in the winter