So good to be back in this city. What an adventure I've had already and I've only been here for an evening.
I had quite a drive from Idaho today. It was a sunny day today but cold enough for the roads to be icy. One lane was treated so it was melted which made things a dirty slushy mess. At Baker City a semi truck had slid off the road and flipped on its side. Then in La Grande a car had spun around and was facing my direction in the snow bank.
Once I hit the Blue Mountains the dirty slush got a bit thicker and traffic got a bit heavier. Semi trucks were pulling over to chain up and so trucks had bottlenecked. At one point I got very near hitting the back of a snow plow that I didn't realized was stopped in my lane. Yikes!
So to Portland! I got to Sacha's house and went into the city with Dan to pick her up. Its a beautiful as I remember. The bike riders and the lights on the bridges. I love it here!
From downtown we went straight to dinner at the "cart"opia on Hawthorne. Sacha wanted me to try Poutine, that is fries with cheese curds and amazing brown gravy. Its really much better than it sounds.
I had a Whiffie Fried Pie. I ordered the "Mounds of Deliciousness" yes, as good as it sounds. Amazing pastry stuffed with coconut cream and chocolate chips. It's like a pasty though, not a whole pie shape type thing.
From there we headed to Beer Monger and scoured the shelves for a good choice beer. They have a sit down bar and a ton of refrigerators with beers. It was great fun. Very nice man working there who told me all about beers.
After that stop we decided to go back to the house and I had a mini driving tour of all the places I want to visit while I'm here. I don't think I'll pull it off but I can try.
Tomorrow I have a few stops and I'm looking forward to all of them!!
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