Portland & Seattle

The Rose Garden and Seattle's Space Needle
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Idaho, next stop, Oregon!
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Lava area called Hell's Half Acre. This is a rest stop in Idaho.
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More flatten mountains and sagebrush.
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Finally! Oregon and free coffee.
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Portland Rose Garden. Before imports, Portland grew most roses for the U.S.
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Not roses, but still beautiful.
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Yellow roses and girl. Both pretty, one smells nice.
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Roses everywhere here, an archway outlines the path.
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Purple roses, quite rare.
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Surrounded by roses is a nice feeling.
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A fancy name for the Rose Garden.
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Closeup of a fine example of a rose.
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See the dew on the petals?
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This one smelled really good.
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My sweetie enjoying herself.
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Flowers all around.
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This was the champion rose of 1988.
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Ready to leave the Rose Garden after a great visit.
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Sculptures abound in downtown Portland.
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Otters along the street.
A street person trying to earn some money by posing as a statue.
The Space Needle in Seattle.
Going up in the needle.
John and Gary at the top.
Seattle from its most famous overlook.
Hanhan with the Seattle skyline.
The commemorative plaque at the Space Needle.
The waterfront here is a cool place to spend a few hours.
Crowded stalls feel like China.
Original Starbucks coffee.
This place advertised Handcrafted Cheese. Strange way to handcraft it.
The cheesecake was excellent! I didn't get a single bite.
The things hanging down are peppers at the produce stand.
The famous fish seller was closing, but we did see them throw fish.
Mount St Helens
Portland from Council Crest Park.
Enjoying our anniversary dinner. Five wonderful years.