Day 54: Lincoln City

Lincoln City is a city on the Oregon Coast.  A claim to fame that they have there in that city is that Abraham Lincoln came to their city.  He was on horseback.  Wikipedia article about Lincoln City.

There were various murals and other decorations all over town.  They were pretty fun.

The other thing that Lincoln City is known for is the ocean.  There are a number of beaches in the city.  We just went to one.

With the ocean you have to be careful because you never really know what the tide is going to do.  So there was a part of the city that part of the Tsunami Hazard Zone.  We knew about this because there were signs everywhere saying that you were entering and leaving that zone.  There were also signs showing the escape route if there was a tsunami.  Good to be prepared.

Even if you got away from the coast just a little bit it was still really beautiful.  Here was one of the streets in the more residential area of Lincoln City.  Those lots are probably for sale, people just haven't bought the land in order to build houses yet.

Day 53: Portland

To enter Portland there are a couple ways that you can do that.  To the left you can see that we entered on the freeway from the east.  In order to get to downtown Portland and Portland State University you need to cross that big bridge.  To the right is the bridge you take when entering Portland from the north.  The Columbia River is the border between Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.

Though there were a lot of cars there were also a lot bicycles.  So Portland is known for being the bicycle capital of America.  It should all be known for all the pets that people have in Portland.  There are a lot of pets.

Another place we went was the Portland Temple.  On the left is the temple itself with the spires and Angel Moroni on the tallest spire.  Then we were also pleasantly surprised that there was a visitors' center that we were able to inside.  It was a small visitors' center but it was very nice.  There were a couple sets of missionaries there.

We were in Portland on Saturday and over the summer Portland has a Saturday Market.  It was a lot of fun.  It reminded me a lot of the рынки that were all over Russia and also the Baltic States.

Something that was really nice was that on the streets of Portland there were these drinking fountains as we were walking down the Pearl District of Portland.  It was pretty sweet!

Day 51: Yaquina Head

On the coast of Oregon in the city of Newport there is a lighthouse at Yaquina Head.  Oregon's tallest lighthouse, at 93 feet, is situated on a little strip of landing jutting out into the Pacific Ocean.  When we went it was rather windy and I was cold.

There was a nice lighthouse and then on a little island just off the coast there were a ton of seabirds.

The lighthouse built in 1872

There were some really cool rocks.  They were really smooth.  There was also a really cool tide pool which, depending on the how high the tide was, different sea animals would be beached.  We went at a time when the tide was receding and so there were plenty of creatures that were exposed.  It was cool to see.

Day 50: Portland Rose Gardens

In downtown Portland there is a park.  Part of this park is called the Royal Rosarian Garden.  May is a beautiful month.

There were roses of every color and every kind.  There were some hybrids so some of these flowers didn't even exist last year.  That is pretty cool to think about.

Day 49: Multnomah Falls

On our way to Portlant, OR we stopped by Multnomah Falls.  They were really cool.  As you can see the upper falls are much taller than the lower falls.  There was this cool looking cabin/ visitor center at the base of the falls.

My sister told me that I had to have a picture where I was actually
in the picture to show that I was actually here.

On the path up to the top of the falls there was a nice overlook so I took a picture.  Western Oregon is beautiful and green.  It helps that the Columbia River is right there and that keeps everything nice and watered.

Day 47: Pendleton

Continuing on our trip to the Oregon Coast we actually stayed the night in Pendleton, Oregon.  It isn't a very big town but it did have these trains off to the side of the tracks. So we decided to take some pictures. Union Pacific!