We landed in Portland and thought for sure we would have been ran off the road by a mob of bicyclists, as rumor had it. But to our surprise, only a few cyclists. We asked around and I guess since the day we went the weather was bad, the bikers weren’t out. They must all be driving their Priuses around. Still, though we saw a lot of cool lil downtown sections of the city with cafés, shops and such. We also checked out this awesome park that had a ton of hiking trails and an inactive volcano.
The vibe was cool in Portland. People in the Pacific Northwest are so freaking genuinely nice! It is so refreshing, along with the crisp, clean air that all the rain brings. Fortunately for us, it wasn’t that bad of a grey day that we had heard so infamously of.
We had to visit the made famous from the Food/Travel Channel: VooDoo Donuts. It is this hole in the wall donut shop that offers crazy donut combinations like grape soda infused, fruit loops, cocoa puffs and pretty much anything junk foodie. Turns out, it is a winning combination! Fruit Loops one was my fav. We also checked out some cool thrift shops, of course. Ryan scored a cool track jacket for a couple bucks so we were feeling good about that deal. Headed over to Mulligan’s to sample the local brew. Mighty tasty!
So, after a day and a half, we were amped up to check out Seattle. We hopped in the Yella and headed for Washington. On our way there, we stopped at Multonomah Falls. The 3rd largest waterfall in the world! We hiked up the couple miles to get to the top and boy, was it a grueling haul. We had this older couple behind us the whole way and I was determined not to let them pass us. Even though I was panting and had tp take a couple breathers, we pushed on up to the top of the falls.
We finally pumped our thighs in gear and got to the top. It was gorgeous and pretty freaky to look down a mile or two and see where you had just came from and what you had just hiked. We explored at the top, caught our breaths and made our way down to the bottom, gripping in to the ground so gravity didn’t take over.
Off to Seattle we go! Woo-hoo!!!
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