Portland Tour Day

Alli, Ben, Paul and I started the day with a visit to Sanborn's, which was a neighborhood restaurant in the Hollywood section of Portland. Their specialty is homemade everything from the sausage to yummy biscuits. Not to overshadow the biscuits but we had to choose from 4 homemade jams too: blackberry, strawberry, blueberry and yes, raspberry!

Sanborn's

After that we visited OMSI to check out the submarine exhibit. We got there too late for a tour so we will return on another trip but we did get to walk around and know it will be a fun visit. Next we went to the Japanese Garden for a walk in this peaceful setting that reminded all of us of our trip to the orient three years ago. Then we walked down to the rose garden which although fading after the rose festival last month, was still beautiful and a great walk. Next we drove the area looking at houses and visiting an area Alli and Ben like in either Beaverton or Hillsboro, I don't know which. We picked up some Oregon blueberries to have with pound cake and cream for dessert. Paul and Ben bicycled to Blockbuster for a movie and we were set.

The Japanese Garden

P.S. Bicycling is HUGE up here with lots of trails, routes, clubs and signs. One must be very aware of bicyclists when driving as they are everywhere. The weather has been very nice so I guess everyone pulls out their bike. I didn't know that when I took up cycling with Paul that we were apparently in training to be Oregonians.