Land of Port, Here I Come!

[evilhippo]

Hey guys, guess who plans vacations on like, two weeks notice? (I can dissect my motivations for this, but you probably don't want me to. The ones that aren't versions of insanity are: "I have been telling look_alive and zolac_no_miko that I was going to come visit for about two years and now they're going to scatter and if I don't come visit soon I will have been a liar." Which may, in a certain light, also be a version of insanity.) So yeah...

I AM GOING TO PORTLAND AT THE END OF THE MONTH!* Where I will get kidnapped by gangs of kids on fixies and visit the ocean and grow an epic beard and attempt to instigate fisticuffs between restaurant owners over whose foods are more hyper-local and make everyone's week as awkward as possible by not actually being there on any weekend days. Plus or minus a few of those, (except the last, which is a certainty). I dunno guys, anything is possible! Actually, since it looks like I'll be poking my nose around the city in the afternoons, anyone have any suggestions?

* You may have used a larger font and the blink tag, but you are not more excited than me, Ms No_Miko!

Comments

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

Urban hiking is pretty big here. Forest Park is the largest park within city limits in the US, I believe, with something like 30-40 miles of hiking trails, and then there are the esplanade walks and stair hikes and that sort of stuff in downtown. It's not really a west thing... it's a Portland thing. We're special like that.

I went and looked, too, because I had a suspicion about the photos I would find, and I was right. All of those photos are from the south side of the cape, aka the overpopulated loser hotel and restaurant side. We will be on the north side. The way more awesome side that isn't just a sandstone cliff. But as I figured, there aren't any pictures of that side since you can't just drive to it, you have to do some walking. You will see. It is awesome.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I'm glad I have you guys as my guides. (-:

[shichahn.livejournal.com]

:D Hey look it's Cory Doctorow!

Well, we could go to Crystal Springs... I don't think the rhododendrons will be in bloom yet, though I could be wrong. Those gardens are spectacular when they're blooming. But spring migration is this month, and there will be tons of ducks of all different species, and they let you get pretty close because they know it's safe there. So I don't know how much you like ducks but I enjoy it. XD; Or we could go to Sauvie Island and try and spot eagles and generally enjoy how pretty it is up there. Um, I don't know. I'll try to keep thinking of things, especially things that are not exclusively bird-related because that's just what I'm good at. :D;