Reading Time: 3 minutes My mom came for a short visit at the beginning of our stay in Portland and together, with two of the boys, we ventured to the Pittock Mansion.  In my efforts to not use the car, we took the bus.  This required a pretty steep hike up the hill to […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes We took a venture down to the Zoo (all by public transportation- so easy and cool) on a perfect Saturday evening.  It was beautiful and classic Portland as I came to see it. The Zoo has an amazing forest all around, so it feels semi-secluded in parts.  I loved this.  […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of our first “field trips” was to follow the advice of our Air BnB owner and visit the Tillamook Creamery.  It is about a 1.5 hr drive through beautiful scenery.  The facility was very well done (I’ve been told it was just recently remodeled) and has a self-guided tour.  […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes We arrived in Portland just three days before July 4th, so we didn’t have a ton of time to plan our celebrations.  We ended up taking an Uber to the Oaks Amusement Park after reading a few reviews online. Overall, we enjoyed coming here.  It had a good variety of […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes We are in Portland!  What brings us to Portland?  Well, honestly, the food.  Redbeard and I visited here in 2017 and frankly just fell in love.  We loved the food and the city vibe and thought this is a potential place we could live.  We made it our first stop. […]