We left early on Saturday morning, getting up at 4 am to catch our flight. Peyton woke up as I was getting ready, coming in to potty as she often does. She got one more hug in before we left. She went back to her bed after that, and later I found out she woke up at “7:28”. She is very precise with her times. She woke up at “7:14” the next morning. We made it to PDX without any problem. We got our tickets for public transpo and headed to drop off our bags before exploring the city. Our room was not yet ready, so we dropped and went. We took an umbrella just in case, then headed out. We walked just about everywhere in between public transportation stops. We even got ourselves over a pretty high bridge, and I was not trying to talk, as it was a draw bridge. I was freaked out, and didn’t want to look down as Dave was suggesting. We went in search of the Saturday morning farmer’s market, walking past where the basketball team plays. We took a few pictures of Dave taunting Theresa to send to her. Then, we did find the farmer’s market. Dave was saving himself for coffee beyond that. We didn’t see anything we wanted, so we pressed on. We ended up on the other side and found Voodoo by mistake! I waited for a few minutes, while Dave went into a coffee store nearby to buy round 1. It started to drizzle just a bit, but it wasn’t too bad. I decided Voodoo was too close to the kind of donuts we have where I work, so we headed to a different section of town for a different type of donut – Blue Star. And another line we found! This time, we waited. And waited. And waited. After about an hour or so, we made our way to the front of the line. I picked several to try, while Dave stayed by the seats to secure them for us to enjoy the donuts. We did, sharing a few, then taking the rest. We headed into the shopping district to check out the book store as well as some other stores. We ended up not eating lunch, since we were a fit full of donuts. After shopping a bit, we headed back to the hotel, which was still not quite ready. After having been up quite a bit during the day, I took a 30 minute nap until the room was ready. We went upstairs to freshen up a bit, changed, and then headed to an early dinner. We didn’t have reservations, so we decided to walk up and hope for the best at Le Pigeon. There were 10 seats at the bar, which are first come first serve. There were 8 people in front of us, and we were 9 and 10! Perfect! We had a great anniversary meal, then we slowly walked around back to the hotel. We were so stuffed, we couldn’t make it to dessert! There was a slightly dead mall there, but it still had some stores like Old Navy. I bought some things there, then headed back over to our hotel where there was a Burgerville. This is like the Portland In and Out, so Dave “had” to try it. I had a marionberry sundae, like a MCD’s, but with marionberries, while Dave had a sundae and tried a burger. He still thinks In and Out is better. We called it a day!
The next morning, Dave woke me up at 7 am, and he wanted me up and at ’em for brunch. Sunday brunch is nothing to joke about, so he didn’t want to miss out. We bused it out there, and we were the first in line at this place called Muscadine. It wasn’t even open yet! It was a joke among us and the three guys “behind” us that we better hurry up and get up when the hostess flipped the open sign over. We were the only ones for quite some time in this quaint little restaurant. Again, another great meal before we set out to do more sight seeing. We made our way down Alberta street, but many of the shops were still closed. The craft store was closed. Salt and Straw was not opening for another 1.5 hours. So I knew I wanted to come back. We made our way to the Rose Garden and walked around there, before heading over to the Aerial tram. GPS for Dave got us a bit stuck, and so I took matters into my own phone and we got to the base before the tram opened at 1 pm. We went up and down in less than 15 minutes. I was freaked out by the heights (it’s a theme!) We made it back on terra firma, and then we headed to a brewery since we had not yet made our way to one. We had a late lunch, and then made our way to the Nike Outlet on MLK. MLK seems to be the same no matter what area or town we find. A bit sketchy. We shopped a bit, then headed back to Alberta street. Dave dumped me off at the craft store, then headed to get coffee before we joined again for some ice cream. We waited in another hour-long line and basically ate this instead of dinner! We tried to go back downtown before Nordys closed, but that didn’t quite happen. We walked around again downtown, to the Powell’s bookstore again, to get the kids memorabilia. We got them a deck of cards, with Portland artists’ work, and a book of “wicked” that was used and in good condition. Dave wanted a late night dinner, just to get one more meal in. We chose Lardo, and I got a kale caesar salad, just for a good helping of veggies! We called it a day after packing up our stuff.
This morning, I’d forgotten to turn off the alarm on my phone. Good thing it was more reasonable than my Tuesday alarm! It helped get us moving, as we headed down for coffee. We checked out of the hotel after that and headed to the airport. We filled up Dave’s growler of beer for super cheap at the airport brewery to bring home. We made it home as planned, and went home to drop our stuff off first. We headed to get the kids after that. I let myself in, and I walked into the kitchen where Peyton was watching TV. She looked up, then came over for a super big hug. She’d been calling me throughout the days that we were gone. She just picked up the phone and would call. She would never leave a message, but when my caller ID said “No caller ID” I knew it was her! She just wanted to talk throughout the day and check in to see where we were. I told her that I’d bring her back some day and would check out the zoo and other sights.
In two days, we walked over 30 miles er my phone!
Pictures!
Chocolate almond ganache
Blueberry! 
Powell’s
Raspberry 
Plane selfie
Trout tartare
Beef cheek yum! 
Scallops and short ribs for Dave 
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Cute pigeon chocolates.
Still way light out when we we’re done. 
Melted sundae 
Day 2:
Lewis and Clark statue 
Rose garden 
Holocaust memorial eerie! 
GPS sent us down here. We should’ve been looking for pokemon!
Aerial tram 
ecliptic brewery flight with a cider for me 
Tame flavors: Oregon rocky road and coava coffee and for him PB and J with pieces of white toast and almond brittle with chocolate ribbons more like chocolate chunks!!
