About 2 or 3 months ago, Randy said he was going to take off a few days of work and wanted to know what I wanted to do. I told him I wanted to go on a road trip - my favorite kind of vacation!! He thought Portland would be fun so that was the PLAN!!
This is our stop at Twin Falls, Idaho. Randy had always wanted to see Shoshone Falls and so it was the first stop on our trip to Portland.
This is our stop at Twin Falls, Idaho. Randy had always wanted to see Shoshone Falls and so it was the first stop on our trip to Portland.
Our first night on the trip we stayed in a Rodeway Inn in Pendleton, Oregon. Whatever you do DO NOT STAY THERE!! It was a dive! The room was small and the bathroom was really weird!! It had a tiled shower from the 1960's with a floor that severely sloped to the drain. Made it hard to balance as you were taking a shower. There was no tub - the refrigerator did not work . . . just don't go there!
As we were driving through Hood River - Randy mentioned that his printing company had done work for a pizza place there, as we turned off the road to find a place to get lunch, there was Pietro's Pizza, the place he had done printing for. We stopped and had a great lunch for a VERY good price!! The food was excellent too. Hood River is a very pretty place.
This is a picture of Multnomah Falls - it was the biggest and best of the waterfalls we saw. They said that a few years ago a boulder the size of a bus fell out of the wall behind the falls and crashed down to the lower falls. We also saw Horsetail Falls and Wakeenah Falls.
We spent Saturday at Seaside the furthest point west of the Lewis and Clark trail. Here is Randy with Lewis and Clark!! There is a boardwalk area with shops behind the statue where we spent some time and had crab at the local restaurant.
This is a picture of Multnomah Falls - it was the biggest and best of the waterfalls we saw. They said that a few years ago a boulder the size of a bus fell out of the wall behind the falls and crashed down to the lower falls. We also saw Horsetail Falls and Wakeenah Falls.
We spent Saturday at Seaside the furthest point west of the Lewis and Clark trail. Here is Randy with Lewis and Clark!! There is a boardwalk area with shops behind the statue where we spent some time and had crab at the local restaurant.
We visited the Japanese Gardens in Portland on Sunday - it was very beautiful, peaceful and green. They insisted you not have your cell phones on and to quietly view the gardens.
I took lots of pictures of roses from the Portland Rose Garden. It is in the same area as the Japanese Gardens.
There were lots of beautiful roses there. I think they create new breeds of roses in this garden. There was one they developed named after Julia Roberts. (Not this one)
No trip would be complete without visiting at least one shopping center. This is The Lloyd Center in downtown Portland. Lots of great stores and and ice skating rink as well!! This was our last Portland adventure - except the outlet malls on the way out of town!! It was so great to be with Randy for a few days and just be together. We listened to a book on tape on the way home and the trip just flew by . . . it was hard to come home. Except we missed all of you!!!
