Portland, Oregon

So we have been in Portland for about 5 months now and it is a different country up here!! It is SO beautiful up here but there is a mixture of good and bad things from New Mexico (just with everything else!!). We really miss everyone in Clovis...we had so many great friends in Clovis that we miss very much...not to mention a FREE BABYSITTER!! Some other things we miss is GREAT Mexican food, sunny weather, NO traffic (Clovis people, Prince St. is NOT traffic!!), and getting from point A to point B in about 5 mins NO MATTER WHAT!! We wanted to give everyone a visual idea of Portland.




House for sell....2 bed, 2 bath, 1400 sq feet $289,000!!!


Portland Streetcar!! These are downtown and they ride right along with the cars!! It's SO crazy. You will pull up to a stop light and this things pull up right behind you...kinda freaky!!


Portland Saturday Market under a bridge in Portland. It is kinda neat. There is food and booths set up. It's a little on the hippy side (right along with everything else in Portland). It is open every Saturday.


The streets downtown will drive you CRAZY!! Just about every street is ONE WAY!!! You get so turned around. The streets will also change names on you all of a sudden. You'll be at a light and turn left and the street will be Canyon St. and turn right and it will be the TV hwy!!


The Farmer's Market's are AWESOME here!! There are so many farms and fresh produce here that the markets are WONDERFUL!! Fresh fruits and veggies are SO cheap and fresh in grocery store!!


A weird guy at the Saturday Market. There are SO many beggars here!! I hate it because I want to help them all!!


Portland Bridges are really neat. There is a river that separates the east and west of Portland. I LOVE driving on the bridges you can see so much!!


Here is a map of Portland. We do not actually LIVE in Portland. We live in Beaverton (west of Portland). We go to church in Tigard (South of us on Hwy 217). And for those of you who watch Little People, Big World....they live in Hillsboro, OR....about 9 miles from our house (west of us)!!


A typical CLOUDY day in Portland


Bikers are EVERYWHERE here!!


They even have a biker's lane...which is hard to get use to because they are riding right beside you (even in the SUPER narrow rodes) but they get to get in front of you at the lights!!



So there you go....Portland in a nutshell!! We are really enjoying ourselves and looking forward to Josh getting a little time off to go exploring a little more. It is a gorgeous country and SO much to do. I forget I live in a city though...it's funny I still think about making trips to "Lubbock" when I need new clothes or something when I have EVERYTHING right down the street (except a WALMART!!!! The closest Walmart from our house is about 45 min away!! HOW CRAZY IS THAT!!)