TWO DAYS IN PORTLAND

After inching along the freeway (Interstate 5, of course) we finally found The Kennedy School and our friends. And the bar! Our first attempt at finding the school was wrong because I had reversed some numbers when putting the address into our GPS. Amazingly enough it happened to be the address of another Portland school but this one was still full of students and for just a moment I thought I was going to have to sleep in a real classroom! But I finally got the right address into the GPS and we found our hotel that used to be a school. We met up with Diane and Larry in the bar and I had a wonderful gin and tonic. Seems the McMenamins Brothers distill their own gin and it is quite yummy! The next day, after a delicious breakfast, we headed out to explore Portland. Here are some shots of our stay in the Portland area......

Day 1 ~

We visited the Japanese Garden which was absolutely beautiful!

After leaving the Japanese Garden we walked across the street to the International Rose Test Garden. After looking at all the beautiful roses I think Portland has passed the test on roses! 

These beauties were growing in the parking lot!

Always take time to smell the roses

After a lunch break we found our way to the Chinese Garden. It truly was a day of beauty!