Portland is another nice city!
The size of
Portland was rather small, however it made us appreciate the city even more.
We had signed up for a Duck Tour but they were no longer running (already closed for the season), they must have known we were coming, but that did not stop us from exploring the Chinese Gardens, China Town, the Historic Distric, the Theater District, and taking “A walk on Water” on the country’s longest floating walkway.
In
Portland we did manage to find a one of the kind attraction (go figure)!
It is called Voodoo Doughnuts, a sight not to miss.
Voodoo Doughnuts has every childhood fantasy doughnut combination you can imagine as well as the classics, Maple doughnut with bacon strips (Scott’s favorite), and a doughnut shaped like a person with a jelly filling that came with a pretzel stick.
Every time you stabbed your voodoo doll doughnut with the pretzel your doughnut bleeds.
We also had the chance to attend an open air concert!
Great fun!
After that, we were on our way to San Francisco and rented a car. We were very hesitant to rent a car and drive to San Francisco, because our GPS was not working, and we only had those old school crazy things called maps. Anyhow we lived on the edge and found our way to the infamous route 101 South down the coast towards California. On the way down, we stopped at the Oregon Welcome Center. It was a simple building located in a big empty parking lot. When we walked into the building, a lovely typical grandmother type lady said the magical words…”Welcome to Oregon where you’re not allowed to pump your own gas and the entire state is tax free!” She was Josh’s future wife! Anyhow, needless to say we did some electronics shopping. This woman also gave us a guide that marked special attractions along the Oregon coast. It had mileage markers and many details. THIS WAS THE GREATEST THING TO HAPPEN!
On the way down the infamous route 101 and Oregon coast, we saw many amazing sites. Everything from the world renowned Oregon Aquarium to the world’s largest water cave to the ever popular Redwood Tree’s of Mystery! So many places to stop along the way and spend the night! It is not easy to achieve this, but the drive on 101 through Oregon got two thumbs up from us Lieberman boys! I only hope the pictures do it justice!
Our next stop, San Francisco, CA.
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1 comment:
Nicholas was really intrigued with the voodoo doughnuts. He thinks you should have made a movie with the song "Keep Bleeding Love" in the background.
I never realized Oregon was as beautiful as that.
Thanks for sharing your trip (and more importantly your adventures) with us all.
You look great - and seem like you are having a great time.
Take Care.
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