All in a day's work

Day one in Portland was packed from sunrise to long after sunset. The events of March 10th could have filled up an entire week, but we chose to pile them all into a single day (partnered with jet lag, of course).

6:45am: woke up to Kara bounding off the bed we shared and a gentle shake and soft words from Erica

7:00am: left the house to pick up Ginny and Caroline.

Drove to Multnomah Falls- and got soaked. (For the record, I could not live in a climate as rainy as Portland for many reasons, but one that I did not foresee: the masses of worms. Gross.)

Erica was so excited to take us to 'the gorge;' I had no idea what to expect, but it did not disappoint. Even with the cloud cover it was spectacular.

On the left side of the Columbia River is Washington state and on the right is Oregon.

8:45am (approximately): entered Narnia. Seriously, we started climbing this mountain and the further we got into the forest, the greener it got, the darker it got, and the larger the snow piles were.

Eventually we had to turn around because our little car couldn't make it any further.
10:30am: Ginny treated the rest of us to breakfast at 'Gravy'- it was delicious and so great to have the five of us together around one table.



11:45am: We had to rush Ginny to the airport so she wouldn't miss her flight (although I wouldn't have minded if she had)... the goodbyes started way too soon for me.

To be continued,
B