This is part two of my Portland mini-vacation recap. As I mentioned in part one, we had a couple days in Portland after Vince and I finished the Seattle to Portland bike ride. Lots of walking around and eating, and I took some photos as well.
Check out part one of my Portland mini-vacation report.
11-12km walk route through parts of Portland.
Part of a long stretch of greenspace called the 'South Park Blocks' in Portland.
Looking southwest along the 'South Park Blocks' in Portland.
Steph and Vince have feet of steel me thinks. Michelle and I had to wear running shoes to protect our dainty feet during our 12km walk-a-thon.
I think we passed through one of the nice parts of town while heading west towards Washington Park.
The Southwest Park Place entrance to Washington Park.
Sacajawea, a First Nations woman who apparently aided the Lewis and Clark expedition.
A Washington Park water reservoir and Vince doing stair sprints.
Thistles in Washington Park in Portland.
Michelle and Steph checking out stuff at the reservoir in Washington Park.
I wonder how long it took to make all of these curly steel/iron things.
Magnolia flowers are big!
There are lots of roses in the Rose Garden at Washington Park in Portland, but being short on flower identification skills I can't say for sure that these are roses as well.
Part of the rather large Rose Garden at Washington Park in Portland.
More Rose Garden with Portland in the background.
Be careful Michelle, you might fall in the water.
Ahhh, isn't that cute, the crows are having a special moment.
We didn't have time for an extensive excursion in Washington Park, but did manage to find some actual non-paved trail in addition to the roads and paved walkways.
Fancy neighbourhood action near Washington Park. Lots of interesting things to look at.
I think I've mentioned it before... I'm not really a flower person, but I do appreciate their presence.
Hmmm, that place is pretty nice so long as you don't mind the stairs.
Lots of memorial monuments in Washington Park including this Holocaust memorial; it was thought provoking.
More flowers... very nice.
Heading out of Washington Park on the way back to downtown Portland.
Billboard ad for the Newport Oregon aquarium. Michelle and I have visited said aquarium on a previous trip; Michelle was impressed with the mini-sharks.
Pardon the reflection, but I thought this vintage Michelin Man and some of the other collectibles in this non-descript building were kind of cool.
On the whole I thought downtown Portland had more going for it in terms of variety of architecture than many other places I've been lately. Note: I have not been that many places lately.
Kiddie bike art in downtown Portland.
Maybe I should know what this is, but I don't. Has the Pillsbury dough boy become an Indian deity?
Muffaletta for lunch at the Everett Street Bistro. It was good, but maybe a bit pricey for what it was.
Michelle's Everett Street Bistro burger.
Portland apartment/condo building.
Cupcake Jones #1: The Pearl.
Cupcake Jones #2: Downtown Cupcake Brown.
Cupcake Jones #3: Velvet Painting.
Cupcake Jones #4: Strawberry Shortcake.
Cupcake Jones #5: Peanut Butter Cup.
Cupcake Jones #6: Raspberry Truffle.
Remnants of a pillar near Isabel restaurant. It's art now.
Is it a cockroach? That would just be bad, although I'm not sure that giant moth is much better.
Hello beast. The Chinese Gardens in Portland claim to be the most authentic outside China. We didn't check it out.
A peephole view of the Portland Chinese Gardens through the fence.
Steph, Vince, and Michelle outside the Portland Chinese Gardens.
I'll probably remember Portland's Steel Bridge for a while since it came at the end of the longest bike ride I may ever do.
