To Michigan from Portland

The first post included pictures from our trip to Portland from Michigan. I'll include one last picture from that leg, just because I really like it. I'm not exactly sure where this was taken; I'm guessing around the border of Utah and Idaho.

So, we made our way through Idaho and the eastern side of Oregon until we reached Portland. Our week here March was really productive. On our first night in town, we purchased this huge, unwieldly map. During the week, we drove all over the city looking for places to live. Through friends and connections, we had a variety of meetings, coffees and dinners that week. One quick story: we were at dinner one night with a couple to whom we had been connected by one of Rich's professional contacts. It was the first time we had met them - sort of a "couples blind date." As we were chatting with them at dinner, we realized that the husband is the first cousin of a woman I had been connected to through one of my acquaintances. We were planning to meet the first cousin the following night. That was the first amazing occurrence of the trip. The second was that by the end of the week, the first couple we had met offered to let us house sit for them when we moved out permanently in May. Our house hunt was over!

I don't have any pictures of Portland to share from that week, so I'll jump into the return trip. Portland is right across the Columbia River from Washington State. On our return trip, we took our time along the Columbia River Gorge, stopping along the way to see a few of the 77 waterfalls on the Oregon side of the river. This is a must-see area near us.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry that includes some really good information and links regarding the Columbia River Gorge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Gorge


Here are a couple of pictures from our visit to the falls. At this point, I have no idea where the first picture was taken. Along the path to one of the falls...


The next is of the bridge at Multnomah falls, which goes over the water at the base of the upper falls. It was really wet there and the picture looks like it's glistening.

To give you some context, here's my shot of the upper falls at Multnomah, taken on our near that bridge:

I think this will be it for now. The next will include some pictures from our visit to Yellowstone National Park, where the buffalo were close enough to touch!