International Rose Test Garden, Portland Oregon The International Rose Test Garden Is Simply A Lust for The Eyes Sometimes you just need to change plans. Hubby and I had planned to hike part of the Wildwood trail. The marker with directions to the Rose Garden at the starting point near the parking lot made us
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Powell Butte Nature Park, Portland Oregon Our 1st Visit to Powell Butte! We expected to walk in a park surrounded by houses when we drove to the Powell Butte Nature Park’s parking lot. However, as we climbed up the hill into the park, the houses disappeared. Suddenly, we were surprised to see the very beautiful
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Kelley Point Park, OR Oregon We are baack! How wonderful it is to be back in the Pacific Northwest to continue our traveling adventure again! I was excited to see the beautiful white mountaintops flying into the area again. After we landed and drove to our accommodation, everything looked cheerful. Driving through Portland, we saw
Traveling Back to the Netherlands Oregon Flying Back Home Again! Dec 26, 2022 ~ 25 mi ~ 0.5 hrs Our son drove us to Portland International Airport for our red-eye flight to Chicago International Airport, traveling back to the Netherlands. After dropping us off with two large suitcases and Hemmes, we quickly hugged and said,
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Checking Out! Oregon Celebrating a Cozy Christmas We celebrated Christmas with our son and daughter-in-law while our youngest son joined us with Facetime for a while. We enjoyed delicious food, Christmas music, Christmas movies, playful chitchatting with each other, and working on the not-so-easy jigsaw puzzle. Checking Out … However the next day, we were
Hotel Benson in Portland, OR Oregon Hotel Benson, Portland, OR My DIL and I met at The Palm Court at the Hotel Benson in Portland on the shortest day of the year for lunch, to see the gingerbread display, and to stroll downtown. The historic hotel opened in 1913 and still reflects a golden era,
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Ships Parade in Portland, OR Oregon Ships Parade Our DIL invited us to join them to see the 68th Christmas Ships Parade in Portland on the Willamette River on December 20, 2022. Despite the rain, many people were interested in seeing the ships decorated for Christmas. The event was organized and paid for by ship
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The Trolley Trail, Milwaukie, OR Oregon Back to Oregon We returned to Oregon after moving two and a half years ago. We are staying in a cute Airbnb downtown Oak Grove, near Milwaukie, OR. It feels great to be back! Family and friends are within half an hour’s drive. I am looking forward to seeing
Hiking in Mary S. Young Park Oregon March 2021 A Forest Haven by The Willamette River Thursday, March 18, 2021 3.09 mi 1:04:14 hrs For the first time since we arrived in West Linn, we visited Mary S. Young Park. The park had just reopened after being closed caused by a devastating ice storm a
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Portland Japanese Garden Oregon March 2021 Finally Visiting Portland Japanese Garden Although we lived in the area for almost two years, we had never visited the Portland Japanese Garden. And since it is mentioned as one of the things you must do in Portland, we checked if it was open and ordered tickets online for
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