We’re traveling so I can’t guarantee anything. I might post per usual, I might post daily, I might decide to shake off the shackles of ordinary life and join a commune.
You just never know.
Our destination? Portland!
We’ll stay five days there, then on to Napa Valley for a few more days. I’ve never been to either, so if any of you have recommendations or suggestions, leave them in the comments. 🙂
But first, where we’ve been so far…
Stopped at Hoover Dam for a bathroom break. Sorry for the blurry photo. I had a lot on my mind.Where we ate lunch in Utah — only this isn’t the picture I wanted. What I really wanted was a shot of a billboard we spotted in Provo for a religious group called The Truth. It had the iconic evolution symbol of ape to man, with a line through it. I had my caption all thought out for the picture: “Please join me in a moment of silence for all science teachers in Provo, Utah.” Yeah. It would’ve been great.Just after we got into Idaho, we got stuck in construction. But just to the side of the road was this idyllic farm, which I instantly fell in love with and now want to be adopted by the family. Under that big tree in front of the house are sheep, lying in the shade. To the right of them there’s a garden, and I’m willing to bet it includes herbs. Because it just would, wouldn’t it? In the back of the house, in a small field, were two ponies. Ponies, people! They had ponies!
Tomorrow we stay in Pendleton, Oregon, then on to Portland! I’ll tell you about it later.
Unless my adoption papers go through and I get a pony.
Going to Portland via Pendleton will take you down the Columbia gorge, which will go from brown and dry to green and dramatic. Get off the freeway around exit 35 or so and take the Columbia River scenic highway and check out some of the falls – I have a whole series of posts on that (follow it part 3, 2, 1 since you’re coming from the east) you can get some ideas from that. You can get back to the freeway in Corbett, or continue on until you get to the Sandy river and head north to the freeway from there. Once in Portland, well, what sort of things are you looking for?
I knew I could count on you, Dave! I remember reading your Part 3, but missed the others so thanks for the links. We will definitely check out the falls.
As for Portland, we’ll first be with friends and I know they plan on taking us to a winery, but I don’t know which one. After that, my husband will be doing work-related things, so my daughter and I will be on our own. She loves coffee, art, theater, books and she’s a vegetarian, so my main worry is that she won’t want to return home. 😉
Never been to Portland but we were in Napa a few years ago. Very pretty. We just picked a bunch of wineries to try each day. I loved asking questions! Have a wonderful trip!
Portland is great! I hope I’m too late in my response, but hopefully I caught you in time! There’s a macaroni and cheese meal at a place called Montage that is sooooo good! Voodoo Donuts is also a great spot, but a lot of other people thinks so too, so expect that to be crowded if you go.
Thanks for the tips! We tried to hit the Montage, but it didn’t work out with everything else. The food scene there is unreal! No reason to go hungry in Portland!
We’re traveling so I can’t guarantee anything. I might post per usual, I might post daily, I might decide to shake off the shackles of ordinary life and join a commune.
Have fun in Portland! Let me know if it’s as weird as the TV show makes it out to be.
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I love Portlandia! It’s my sincere wish to find the feminist bookstore — I mean, it’s just gotta be there, right?! 😀
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Going to Portland via Pendleton will take you down the Columbia gorge, which will go from brown and dry to green and dramatic. Get off the freeway around exit 35 or so and take the Columbia River scenic highway and check out some of the falls – I have
a whole series of posts on that (follow it part 3, 2, 1 since you’re coming from the east) you can get some ideas from that. You can get back to the freeway in Corbett, or continue on until you get to the Sandy river and head north to the freeway from there. Once in Portland, well, what sort of things are you looking for?
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I knew I could count on you, Dave! I remember reading your Part 3, but missed the others so thanks for the links. We will definitely check out the falls.
As for Portland, we’ll first be with friends and I know they plan on taking us to a winery, but I don’t know which one. After that, my husband will be doing work-related things, so my daughter and I will be on our own. She loves coffee, art, theater, books and she’s a vegetarian, so my main worry is that she won’t want to return home. 😉
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Three words: Powell’s Book Store. You may never escape.
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*Swoon* 🙂
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Never been to Portland but we were in Napa a few years ago. Very pretty. We just picked a bunch of wineries to try each day. I loved asking questions! Have a wonderful trip!
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Portland is great! I hope I’m too late in my response, but hopefully I caught you in time! There’s a macaroni and cheese meal at a place called Montage that is sooooo good! Voodoo Donuts is also a great spot, but a lot of other people thinks so too, so expect that to be crowded if you go.
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I meant not too late too!
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Thanks for the tips! We tried to hit the Montage, but it didn’t work out with everything else. The food scene there is unreal! No reason to go hungry in Portland!
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Beautiful places…some of the pictures look like they were shot in the Himalayas 😀
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Really? We always think our scenery is so ordinary compared to far away places. Especially the Himalayas!
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