Portland, OR

Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, OR

Lynne Duddy of Portland Story Theater, my fabulous host and tour guide

Cannon Beach

It was wet. In more ways than one.

Cool wind-blown beach trees

Haystack Rock

Cannon Beach

My store! They even spelled my name right!

The famed Powell’s books – America’s largest independent bookstore. I spent an entire afternoon there, and could have stayed way longer.

The beautiful Columbia River Gorge

Me and Lynne

Beautiful waterfall #1 of 4

Another view of Beautiful Waterfall #1

Another view of Beautiful Waterfall #1

Another view of Beautiful Waterfall #1

Another view of Beautiful Waterfall #1

Beautiful waterfall #2 of 4

Another view of beautiful waterfall #2

One of many cool bridges – all the infrastructure here was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s

Cool pathway, again built by the CCC

Another view of beautiful waterfall #2

Columbia River Valley

Multnomah Falls, the second-highest year-round waterfall in the US (the tallest is Yosemite Falls)

The base of Multnomah

Multnomah Falls from the top

I think this is also Multnomah, but not sure where I got this picture from

Beautiful latte

Martine and her baby, Amelie. An old friend from the DC area who I hadn’t seen in years!

Cool art on display at the Last Thursdays street fair on Alberta St

Sidewalk chalk on Alberta St

More Alberta St art… if you look closely you’ll notice flames behind the sign!

Hilarious t-shirt. Get it?

This guy tap dances along to his saxophone playing. Awesome.

The sun begins to peek out from the clouds for Last Thursday!

Downtown Portland, in case you couldn’t tell.

Beautiful, thought-provoking, japanese internment camp memorial

Beautiful, thought-provoking, japanese internment camp memorial

Beautiful, thought-provoking, japanese internment camp memorial

Beautiful, thought-provoking, japanese internment camp memorial

Fabulous(ly hilarious) street sign, warning cyclists not to get caught in the streetcar tracks

Portlandia! Taken from the Oregon state seal, she is the second-largest hammered bronze sculpture in the country, second only to the Statue of Liberty.

Awesome seal sculptures in a fountain in downtown Portland