On Saturday my sister and her good friend were up from San Diego and Long Beach. I had promised a tour of Portland to all the best places. We had 5 hours to get the whole “tour of Portland” in that is as same amount of time covered in any Hawaiian tours, so I was definitely crunched for time. Here was our agenda.
Rose and I live in Beaverton, we had a short drive to the east side to get our morning coffee at what I consider the best coffee in the world. I’ve never had better.
From there we had a short drive and then a short hike to my favorite viewpoint of Portland. Yeah…I know Council Crest and Pittock Mansion have better views, but Mt. Tabor has a better park.
After that we just drove down the hill to the Hawthorne district and had lunch at the Bagdad Pub run by McMenamins. Rose had the hummus plate and I had the Communication Breakdown burger. ‘Twas a good lunch.
We then hopped over to the other side of the river and it started raining (we’re in Oregon remember) as we were walking to the Portland Saturday Market.
And our last stop was maybe the most obvious one: Powell’s Books. They have something like a trillion books. Not kidding.
I’m fairly sure I could live in the Red Room if needed.
So…those of you who know Portland well. What did we miss on this tour of Portland?
Keep in mind…we had 5 hours. It was a lot of fun.
