Portland, OR: The Hippest Place of All

Our trek from Seattle to Portland was short, sweet, and full of laughs:

 To be honest, we came into Portland thinking it would be the Land of Hipsters (we watch a lot of Portlandia). However, we were pleasantly surprised by the city—we found it friendly, quaint, and overall a great place to be! We had some fun days wandering about the city and its various neighborhoods. Here are some of the highlights:

Food trucks for lunch. It's a big thing here!

Visiting the Portland Art Museum. Of course they had an exhibit dedicated to bikes!

Tasty Mexican food was a staple of our Portland diet

Powell Bookstore, the largest independently owned bookstore. It's so massive, the books are organized by room (Blue Room, Pearl Room, Yellow Room...)! 

We were told we must trek over to Voodoo Donuts...it was worth it. 

Beer and movies, one of my favs about Portland

Karaoke (and beer)

We were in Portland over the 4^th of July (we might have made a few jokes about how Portland probably celebrated on the 5^th so as not to be too mainstream). After an afternoon picnic in the famous Rose Gardens, we trekked over to the the Portland Blues Festival where we spent the evening listening to great music and watched the fireworks over the water. What a fun way to spend the holiday!

Thanks so much to our fearless host, Nick, who personally showed us around the city and serenaded us with his awesome folk music. Thanks for being a great host, Nick!

And remember, Keep Portland Weird.