| Page Views: 1,717 Last Visit to Portland: June, 2005 | Portland, City of Roses by ZanieOR - last update: Jun 26, 2005 |
Oregon's largest city | Here's a recent outdoors art show Art in the Pearl |
Portland is Oregon's largest city, about 336 and a good six hour-plus drive from where I live.
At present both of my children, a sister and good friend (my traveling friend) live in the metro area. In recent years I've found myself often enough that I'm not totally petrified of the city traffic and don't get lost near as often.
Portland is actually a beautiful and exciting city, I think, in the environs of two rivers (Columbia, Willamette) with Mt. Hood as a backdrop on clear days.
It's got beautiful parks, a vibrant downtown center and lots of things to see and do. It's also only about 60 miles from the Oregon coast.
I love to visit, as it's always a enjoyable change of pace from small town life. (Though I'm always glad to be home)
June 2005 -- Since my granddaughter was born in October I've driven to Portland area at least four or five times.
In the most recent copy of Reader's Digest magazine Portland was rated #1 in the list of cleanest cities in the United States AND Budget Travel had a feature titled "Portland: Too Perfect?" that is pretty interesting. |
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| Pros: | "Green and full of life." | | Cons: | "Too much traffic." | | In A Nutshell: | "Portland is a fun place to visit." |
ZanieOR's Portland Travel Tips
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Jim_Eliason Fri Apr 25, 2008 05:51 UTC
Great tips! | funnybeee Tue Mar 27, 2007 07:02 UTC
Great Portland page. Thanks for the tips. Beee | moiraistyx Sun Aug 27, 2006 18:16 UTC
Nice portland page, I will be here the October 6-8 with my son. He loves children's museums and zoos so your tips were very useful. | alucas Sat Apr 30, 2005 19:05 UTC
Very interesting tips on Portland, Elane. You write very well and tempt me to read even more. |
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