In honor of today’s rest day in Portland: a shorter post. Y’all deserve a break from my windbaggery and there’s a bourbon on the upper deck porch waiting for me. We took it easy today — and did no vehicle maintenance or repairs of any kind.
This morning, we had coffee on the boat, then Bloody Marys and brunch at the marina cafe.
While we were having brunch, our AirBnB host brought over homemade brownies and a neat message.
George drove us into downtown it the Bumblebee for Powell’s City of Books (the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world), and then into Washington Park for the Japanese Garden.
That was very cool to wander through. Apparently it gets high marks for authenticity.
While we were trying to return to our vehicle, we sidestepped through the rose garden as well.
We had dinner this evening with George’s sister, Jenny, at the Bollywood Theater, an impressive Indian restaurant with killer vindaloo.
Then we did a nightcap round at the Bye and Bye pub before she headed home and we returned to our boat.
Tomorrow, we head out from Portland to Evan’s family home in Indianola, Washington, by way of Astoria on the US 101 again.