Today was a pretty chillaxed day. We slept kind of late and did some much-needed laundry before heading into the city after lunch.
We started with a trip to the Rose Test Garden and Japanese Garden. Portland is known as the City of Roses, which is obvious when you're in the Rose Test Garden. It's a very nice park. Next we headed into the Japanese Garden. This was a bigger slightly nicer version of the Tea Garden in San Francisco. Although, one Tea Garden is enough for a trip like this, so we didn't spend too much time in this place, even though it was a relaxing environment.
In fact, Portland is a very green city and seems like it would be a nice place to live. It's big enough to feel like a real city, but small enough to be easy to get around and it doesn't feel oppressively crowded. We spent a little time wandering through Pioneer Square, which is basically a nice mall in the center of the city. We also saw the Portland building and the statue
of Portlandia, which is the second largest bronze statue in the United States, behind the Statue of Liberty. Apparently this building is renowned for being the first major postmodern building in a downtown area.
Tomorrow, we start the long drive to Glacier National Park in Montana. In fact, tomorrow might be the first full day of driving without actually reaching the destination. Although, we do have a couple scenic stops along the way in Mt. Hood and Lake Coeur D'Alene in Idaho. After nearly two weeks on the road, I'm a little fatigued, so I'm glad we had today to kind of recharge before the long drive.
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