Portland 2015 - photos to come!

I was lucky enough to go to Portland with 4 girlfriends! My roomie, her 2 good friends, and my bestie Katie! Overall, the trip wasn't exactly what we thought it would be, but it was still so fun to be together and get to see new things.

We took a late flight on Thursday night. Most of us met at Katie's and her hubs took us to the airport.

Stephs friend Jill from Seattle met us later in the weekend and also drove us around in her car which was super awesome of her!

Friday

We drove to the airport that morning to get a car, had breakfast and made our way to Canon Beach, which was about an 1.5 hour drive. The little town was really cute, there were a lot of little touristy little shops and what not. It was a little cloudy, but still a really fun little place to be. We walked along the coast and saw the famous Canon Beach rock. We took lots of photos and just took our time wandering around. We had lunch at Bills Tavern and then drove back to meet Stephs friend Jill. We went to - a brewery I can't remember the name of shoot - for dinner and it was super fun! A really cool place, great atmosphere, and we got to sit on the patio which was really fun.

Saturday

We went to the Starbucks downtown for breakfast and then drove to Angels Rest for a hike. The hike was super fun! Lots of great photo ops, and we perched on a rock with a beautiful view and had lunch. On the way home, we stopped at Mulnomah falls which is a quinticental Portland view to see. It was CRAZY busy. I’m surprised we even found anywhere to park. Cars were all along the side of the road on both sides. It was pretty touristy with ice cream and a gift shop, which I didn’t really expect. But still fun to see. We had dinner at Troutini and then headed to Clackamas!

I wish we would have had more time to see some of the trendier parts of Portland. Since we were stationed downtown and didn’t always have a car, it was hard to get out there and see other parts of the city. Who knows, maybe I will go back one day! We stopped in a town on the way home and had dinner and beer at Troutini. Next up was Clackamas! Random ass town where we could get a hotel room. We had a smoking room, which sucked for Katie because she has Asthma, but we made it work! We went to a crappy local bar and had some beer and played some cards – we probably should have gone back into Portland this night – but hey! We wanted to take advantage of my roommates cheap hotel rates!

Sunday

The next day we went back into Portland and went to Voodoo donuts, which had such a crazy long line. I ended up getting a capn crunch donut, which for all intents and purposes was perfect for me, but something I realized is, I like to keep what’s good, good on it’s own. So I like donuts on their own. And capn crunch on its own. Too much together! Lessons learned .We saw the Portland is weird sign and went to Strumptown coffee. We went to the Japanese gardens because some friends said it was incredible…but they must have gone at peak time because it was not that cool, ha! We also went to the rose gardens which was fun. And then to Eastburn, a trendy lil place where they had swings for seats on the patio! The food was yummy and we had awesome bloodies too!

Monday

Jill brought us to the airport, our flight was delayed 3 hours, we had a few mimosas, we got stuck on the plane for an extra hour circling a storm over MSP…oh and I threw up in the plane 6 times. The rest…is history…woof!