It was Day 8 of our adventure, Sunday June 5, time to pack up and move to Vancouver, Washington where Josh was awaiting our arrival. He had moved and changed jobs since we saw him last and we were excited to see him and his new digs. We picked him up from work at FedEx Office and took him out to dinner and back to the bus to watch a movie. This was the first time we had seen Josh since we started this bus adventure thing so we wanted to give him a sample of our life on the road. New flash, my baby boy is sprouting some gray hairs. I feel so old!
Monday the three of us drove into Portland to play. Josh directed us to a FedEx Office and helped me get some Real Estate paperwork done and mailed. It was located downtown in a square city block that was lined with food carts. Portland has a lot of these, mostly re-purposed travel trailers, where you can choose from a variety of flavors and cultures. From forty carts, Fred chose, of all things, the Thai Spicy cashew tofu stir fry, yuck. It made him smile and Josh and I were all too happy to have real food to choose from.
With our tummys full, we explored the city by car and on foot. We spent a couple hours cruising the riverfront park where a carnival was set up. The riverfront was nice but a bit cool with temps in the low 60's and cloudy. Seeking shelter from the cold, we fell into an excellent Irish pub called Kells for a bit of joy.
Cockles warmed, we walked back to the car and drove across the bridge to the landing for a dinner cruise. The cruise went up the Willamette river which was about 16 feet higher than normal. Many docks were flooded and some trees were nearly submerged, however the 2 1/2 hour ride was spectacular. We saw some extremely beautiful waterfront properties, some that were in the multi-million dollar category with sea planes standing at the ready. There were also numerous "houseboats" which were really just moored floating homes, some in the 3000 – 5000 square foot range, with 3 or 4 stories! We were truly surprised by the beauty of the place. Contrary to the bad reviews we pulled up on Google, we found the food to be great and the scenery, stunning. We had a wonderful time and it was fun to take Josh on his first dinner cruise. I'm probably sharing too many photos of these houses but you all know how much I love real estate! Maybe you can imagine you were with us, eating fresh Copper River salmon and sipping on champagne. Simply delightful.
We left for Seattle feeling satisfied that Josh is thriving in Vancouver, living solo in a nice apartment and enjoying his job.
Next stop: Seattle
from the road
-robin
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