Portland, Oregon

Mile 2482

We are now in downtown Portland, Oregon sitting here in Pioneer Courthouse Square. It's a nice little open area in the heart of downtown. What's happened until now:


After Florence, we took our time driving up the coast exploring all the beaches and coastal towns. It really is a beautiful area. The weather has been perfect! Usually around 65-70 degrees with bright sunshine. A far cry from the triple digits we've been hearing about back home in SoCal. We made it to Astoria, the northernmost city on the Oregon coast just in time to get a few snapshots of the Astoria Column before we lost the sunlight. Actually, it does seem like the days are a bit longer here. You can still see daylight on the horizon after 10pm. After that we crossed the border into Washington to catch Interstate 5 back south. Didn't realize that Astoria was so far north of Portland. We camped out just outside of Portland before driving into the city this morning.

We plan to head east from here to explore Mt. Hood before turning north back into Washington again.