We left Barnstable on the 1:40 EST bus to Logan. It was 31 degrees and felt like 20!!!! Brrr!!! The trip to Logan and the flight to Portland were easy! We arrived AT 8:15 PST and Matt and Kirsten met us with no problem. After a brief chat and a renewed acquaintance with their dog Daisy, we retired about 10:30 PST in our suite in the "big house."
Up this morning at 8. Matt and Kirsten had already left for work. After breakfast at their place, we took off for a neighborhood walk. Beautiful day! And such diverse and interesting architecture. Stopped at Starbucks where Mike found us on the Find Friends app! I guess we can't go ANYWHERE now without being found! We saw some interesting mosaic sculptures. It is amazing how much further ahead in Spring Portland is than Cape Cod! Flowering trees and spring flowers in bloom. It's sunny and 67 degrees.
By 1 PM we were waiting at the end of the driveway for Kirsten's mother, Ginny, to arrive to give us a tour of the St. John's neighborhood in north Portland. We saw and walked around the magnificent St. John's bridge over the Willamette River. Built in the 1920s, the bridge was the center of recent protests against" Exxon-Mobil and their Arctic drilling. Protesters hung from the bridge!!! The park-like area under and around the bridge is bucolic! Peter was especially impressed by the City Water Quality Control building!
Then we drove to the University of Portland, Kirsten's alma mater. The campus, right on the Willamette River, was bustling with student activity! Azaleas, Rhododendrons and flowering fruit trees were ablaze with color! We drove past Kirsten and Matt's new house and then arrived at Ginny's apartment. After a walk in her busy neighborhood, we relaxed at Ginny's until Matt and Kirsten picked us up for dinner.
Dinner was at a restaurant called Firehouse where they served wood fired oven food......like pizza!! Delicious dinner with lively political conversation! We chatted a bit after we got home and now it's 11 PM!!!Tx
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