Portland

We left the boat and the mountain bikes behind and headed to Portland and Vancouver to visit the Shoemakers. We were suppose to go to the Oregon coast for a day, but the weather just would not cooperate. When I asked people for suggestions on what to do in Portland they all gave me delicious food suggestions so we tried to squeeze in a day of good eats and fun. We started our food tour at the famous Voo Doo Donuts-Delicious!  Then we headed on a river walk around the downtown area.  We could have done without this, but it was cool to see the downtown area and the bridges and train tressels and all the homeless people.  Next we continued the food tour to the ever famous Salt N Straw and Little Big Burger.  Both excellent!  On to the highly recommended OMSI  -Oregon museum of science and industry.  I was really impressed with this place.  One of the better museums I have been to lately.  Next we headed to the rose gardens and enjoyed the beautiful roses.  Kevin had fun with the photo ops here.  We packed it all into a day!  Time to head to hotel Shoemaker to have a late dinner and catch up with some fantastic old friends.  Everyone is so excited to spend time with the Shoemaker clan.