City Life

We pulled into Jantzen Beach RV Park on Hayden Island so that we could take a few days to explore Portland, Oregon.  First, we were surprised to be across the street from a large shopping mecca with Target, Best Buy, TJ Max, and most important, The Home Depot!  Guess no sales tax in Oregon draws the crowds from the state of Washington on the other side of the Columbia River.

Easy and efficient mass transit helped us into the city center every day that we were here.  A frequent bus from our island home to the MAX light rail station, and then whisked to Portland.  First day we went to the Saturday Market, on Sunday...also the river front.  Then a must visit to Voodoo Donut; GOOD! 

Second day, we biked to Kelley Point where the Willamette and the Columbia rivers meet.....Lewis & Clark missed this junction...but we didn't.  On the third day we took a walking tour of the city and then a wander through the arts & craftsy Pearl district.  And on our final day, a tour of the Lan Su Chinese Garden, lunch at a Chinese restaurant (of course).... and a stop at Blue Star Donut.  Portlandiers do like their donuts.  Speaking of food, almost forgot to mention all of the food trucks here.  Some pretty good choices.


We've enjoyed our stay in a city....been a long time.  But Morey does want to know the PR agency the city of Portland uses.  Guess we're country folk.