Husband and I hadn’t had a vacation in a long time, well, anything longer than a weekend that is, and we had some days off saved up. We had thought about where we wanted to go on vacation and quickly ruled out any plane rides since we figured that it would be rough with Brownie. California? Idaho? Nah, too long to drive. What’s not too long to drive, but also somewhere we love and really want to explore? Why, Portland!
For those of you who don’t know, Husband and I met at the University of Portland, so the city and especially campus, since that’s where we spent most of our time, naturally. When we were in school there, we didn’t really have the opportunity or the funds to “do” the city justice. So we decided to go back and see all the sights we didn’t before, show Caidoc where his parents fell in love, and just relax. We set up a budget and allowed for lots of spending (which makes it really feel like vacation doesn’t it?) so I didn’t even have to cook at all! *sigh!* What a luxury.
The first place we visited was the Portland Children’s Museum, my friend Michal gave us free passes! Such a treat. And we got to visit with her as well, it had been way too long since I’d seen her.
Thanks Michal! We had so much fun! Caidoc had a blast!
We also visited campus and picked up some swag for Caidoc (who knows, maybe he will be a Pilot some day?!), we went Finnegans Toys, the Saturday Market, and the zoo!
We got to see and do so much and didn’t even get pictures of everything, including going to the delish Deschutes Brewery, Portland’s best deep dish pizza, basking in the sun with Husband while Brownie slept, and so much more! One of the highlights was being able to visit with some college friends we hadn’t seen since our wedding, BJ and his cousin Jason, and Andrew and Maggie. So much fun!
Well, vacation is over and, as you can tell, I ate my weight in food during vacation so my next post is going to be all about fitness and our family plan for getting back on track to healthy living!
Till next time P-town!