Portland - Powell's Books

We left Seattle this morning and were on the road again, this time south to Portland! Justin's train was due in 10 am, so we had to head out early.

The drive was beautiful. Along the way we saw the capitol building in Olympia, some awesome roller coasters, and Columbia River. We got into Portland only a tad bit late and picked Justin up at Union Station (which is a really cool place in its own right).

We drove by Voodoo Donuts downtown and thought we might stop, but wow!!! the line was like five people wide for over a block, so we decided we didn't really have time. Instead we decided to spend a few minutes at another one of Portland's iconic spots - Powell's Books.

I don't think the kids had ever seen a book store that required a map before. We spent half an hour wandering the stacks, inhaling the smell of books, books, and more books, and barely hitting the tip of the iceberg in our biblio-adventures. We each bought some books, snapped a quick photo outside for posterity (everyone should remember their first trek to Powell's), and then hit the road once more.

We stopped at a little drive-in that appeared to be super popular with the locals called Burgerville USA, where we got deep friend asparagus (everyone gave it a try) and were encouraged to compost our cups. The kids meals even came with cucumber seeds to plant!

Tummies filled with sustainable fast food, our trip ventured off the beaten path next, to explore Crater Lake National Park.