Gull Lake

Late August

We met up with Mormor at Bowness Park and snacked at the new coffee shop. The UofC Outdoor centre has taken up the kayak and paddle boat rental shop. I'm planning on having my birthday dinner at the new restaurant by the lagoon.

Daddy had one last week at home before going back to work. He made the boys crepes.

We went to the cabin on Thursday for the weekend and the weather was spectacular.

It's really fun that the boys will ride their bikes around. Bobs can even ride from the cabin to the beach on his own.

We had a surprise visit from Daddy's cousin who lives in Colorado. She travels across USA, and BC with her dog Bud in her van. She has been on her trip since April and will go for a whole year.

The weather turned today but that didn't stop us from visiting Mormor and walking to Morfar's bench.

Portland

At Jamison Park in the Pearl District.

Portland was around 35 degrees every day. We didn't experience any rain on our trip but the coast was a lot cooler.

Not sure what the Portland transportation lrt is called but it was quite efficient.

We went to the Saturday market downtown.

Many parks have kid friendly fountains.

We saw a big crowd at Voodoo Doughnut but didn't wait to buy any.

The kids got involved with a busker's performance at Skidmore station.

We went to Washington Park where there is a Zoo, a rose garden, a Children's museum and many hiking trails.

It was incredibly hot out, so we didn't get to walk around the rose garden. The kids were just too hot.

On our last day, we did come across a short line at Blue Star Doughnuts, so we tried some.

Smoking weed is legal in Oregon (and a few other states), so often we would see people smoking at the parks. Many parks have signs though that ban smoking of any kind.

Powell's books is the largest new and used bookstore and has been in Portland for a very long time. The population of Portland is around 2.5 million when you include the metro area and Vancouver, Washington just to the north of the city.

Bye bye Portland. We boarded the plan and made it home safe to our hail damaged car. Boo.