Thursday, December 3, 2009

Portland Sight-Seeing with Aunt Shan



While my sista was here visiting, we did some sight-seeing around Portland, when John got back from his training, in an attempt to convert her over to being a Portland fan and in hopes that she will come back again soon! We took her to the Portland Mormon Temple, out to the Nike Campus, and for a drive East along the beautiful Columbia River (with Mt. Hood as some of the gorgeous scenery), ending at the very pretty Multnomah Falls! It was nice for John and I to get some long overdo sight-seeing in for our own pleasure as well. We had driven by Multnomah Falls in the dark before on the way to a campsite, but this was the first time we stopped during the day and made the short journey right up to it, and it was SO worth it! If you are ever in P-town, you MUST go see the Falls! The drive itself is very pretty and it's only about 20-30 minutes away! Plus, you could always stop by Valley Inn- where Prom in Twilight was filmed, since it is on the way! We really wanted to check that out, but ended up not having enough time since Shannon had to catch a plane home :( Next time....


Nike Campus

Michael Johnson and his gold shoes
running around the track


Multnomah Falls



Top of the falls

Bottom

the whole thing!

Jackson taking a picture of the waterfall with his Buzz Lightyear fake camera



the .2 mi trail is that bridge in the middle of the falls and is pretty easy and walkable with a stroller so we went up there and it was SO pretty! The rest of the hikes are pretty much uphill and looked really hard... something to train for when my knee gets better perhaps!

4 comments:

The Yates said...

that is so fun that she came to visit! glad you guys had fun:)

Mandy said...

So beautiful!

Shalene said...

Looks like fun!! The falls really are pretty. I have also had a chance to go there and it really is magnificent.

WASHINGTON SOUTHWORTHS said...

How awesome that your sister got to come visit! We'll have to use you guys as our tour guides for the Portland area sites once we move to Vancouver. I have never been to the Falls, or the Nike grounds, etc. Cute pics of the boys - love the family picture. :)