Medford, Or to Portland, Or
We left the metropolis of Medford with the Rose City in our sights. We stopped once to fuel up and were in awe that even the gas stations here were beautiful with babbling brooks full of wildflowers behind them. Portland was amazing….it is a city that has the appeal of a small town, but with the variety of a major urban area. It’s full of independent shops selling local products, a variety of restaurants, and all kinds of boutique hotels and music venues. We spent the night at an old motel just outside of the city called the Palms, which was an older motel with an old neon sign and a great location right next to the light rail. After unpacking we headed downtown to eat and we sent to this pizza place called Rocco’s by a guy we befriended on the train named Kevin. He was a 2 year transplant to the city and had lived the past few years of his life on trains headed up and down the coast. Rocco’s was a no frills pizza place, but the food was just what we needed to fuel up for a downtown walking tour. We then went to Powell’s books where Mickael picked up a few local zines and headed through Chinatown and the arts district. We then headed over to the Eastside of the city to Burnside skate park which was the first D.I.Y. skate park not funded by the public, and it was pretty amazing to see even for us non-skaters. We then headed down the street to check out the local music fest PDX-POP where some metalcore band was playing, and we continued back to the hotel. For dinner we ended up going back into the city to eat dinner at Clyde Commons, which is the restaurant bar that’s part of the Ace Hotel, a new boutique hotel reasonably priced with various themed rooms. The food was amazing, and the best part was it was all locally sourced. After dinner we headed back to the hotel waling around downtown feeling very secure…in fact at no time in Portland did we ever see a “bad” part of town. We headed off to bed and geared up for more exploring tomorrow.
Day 2 stats:221 miles
112 microbrews
5 books bought
1 awesome city
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