God's beautiful creation!

Wow - quite a day! Left Yakima, WA for Portland and the coast this a.m. The Columbia gorge was beautiful, especially when we got off the interstate for about 15 miles and went along the scenic route. This is where we stopped at the waterfalls - Horsetail and Multnomah - gorgeous stuff! Then we hit Portland and after a few wrong turns, found Powell's Books where we browsed for an hour - it's HUGE! Doug found a bargain book - trains of course! Then we tried to stop at the open air market, but could not find a parking spot, so continued on to the Hawthorne district for lunch at Palio's coffeeshop. I loved it and the area. Check out the pics of us in front - I could live in that area of wonderful old homes and quiet, tree lined streets - the stuff of reflective walks and chats with neighbours. Then, we backtracked and went through Washington Park - pretty amazing, high up park in the city. We stopped at the rose garden of thousands of varieties of roses - my favorite flower, so I loved it. Then, we left the city for the winding road down to the coast. We arrived in Lincoln City early evening, found our hotel and headed out for a Mexican food supper - my husband indulged me. The hotel is great - thank you airmiles! Did a short walk on an ocean boardwalk before dark. Check out the tsunami warning in the hotel room!