
Over a recent long holiday weekend, I visited Portland, Oregon for my first time. The weather was warm, with blue skies and no rain in sight.
Book lovers rejoice! It’s home to Powell’s Books, where book goodness spreads over four generous floors!

Mouthwatering food abounds! Cafes, bakeries, restaurants, chocolatiers, and even their many food trucks (aka food carts) here are delicious and gourmet.
Where else could one see a lamb hiking with its people and dogs to a waterfall?

Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden features authentic architecture, landscaping,
koi, and a fine tea house …
Jetboat excursions begin at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, speed under Willamette River’s many bridges,

and turn around at —- waterfalls (who knew?)
Their International Rose Test Garden goes on and on with sweet smelling colorful flowers …

Please tell us — do your sheep enjoy hiking?
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“Where else could one see a lamb hiking with its people and dogs to a waterfall”? – This made me
laugh da-AL.
Your pictures are stunning, and what’s the name of that beautiful rose in the picture of the roses? The one wearing a sleeveless dress? 🙂
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Portland OR is one of my most favorite places on earth. My husband and I spent a long weekend there in July a few years ago and it was perfect in so many ways. If all my family and friends weren’t in KY and TX I would love there tomorrow!! 😉
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My college friend who grew up in Portland, Maine, has lived in Portland, Oregon for decades and wants me to visit. It looks as lovely as she has advertised! Food, books, flowers, hiking lambs. Sound like it has everything!
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Everything you could want or need lol 😀
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I think most places I worked had a limit of 4 weeks a year. But I’ve never heard of an arrangement like you have in the States. Sounds very inhuman to me, lol. Having said that, I haven’t taken up any vacation days this year… Hmmm…
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Hmmmmm. 4 weeks sounds like heaven!
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Portland is it so marvellous? YUM-YUM….
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