After a morning of fun in Portland at the Beverly Cleary Statue Garden and Aerial Tram, we headed just across the river into Washington State to visit “The Patch”. This activity was “outdoors/nature-ish” on our itinerary. We met up with my long-time childhood friend and her husband and their daughter. We hadn’t seen the G … Continue reading The Patch – Woodland, WA
After visiting the Beverly Cleary Statue Garden (“unique to the area” & “art/culture” on our itinerary), we took an Uber to the Portland Aerial Tram that we’d seen while driving around Portland. The kiddos loved the experience. We got a really fun bird’s eye view of Portland. This one is “unique to the area” on … Continue reading Aerial Tram – Portland, OR
One of our family’s favorite authors is Beverly Cleary who hailed from Portland, OR. We have a collection of many of her books. We just had to go to the Beverly Cleary statue garden in Portland to see Ramona, Henry and Ribsy in life size sculpture. The World of Beverly Cleary Collection - 15 Book … Continue reading Beverly Cleary Statue Garden – Grant Park – Portland, Oregon
I was really excited to visit Powell’s City of Books - really, really excited! This stop was “unique to the area”, “educational” and “art/culture” on our itinerary. “Powell’s City of Books is the largest used and new bookstore in the world, occupying an entire city block and housing approximately one million books. There are ten … Continue reading Powell’s City of Books – Portland, OR
After hiking to the top of …. We opted to end our day with a much gentler hike to Bridal Veil Falls. This was another itinerary stop that was “unique to the area” and “outdoors”. 2/3 of a mile roundtrip - piece of cake! wall of ferns fungi more fungi stairs to the viewing deck … Continue reading Bridal Veil Falls – Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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