Portland: First full day report

Posted January 23, 2009

The day started with a nice breakfast at the Cadillac Cafe.  After a quick stop by the Columbia Sport Outlet store, we made our way up Crown Point to see a nice view of the Columbia River Gorge.  When we got to the point and got out the car, all I have to say is windy!  I mean really windy!  Did I mention it was windy?  Actually it was the worst wind that I’ve ever been in by far.  I don’t even know why we were out there to be honest.  I just wanted to take a look and get the shot.

After that we proceeded down the scenic route, stopping by little short hikes along the way.  I saw quite a number of water falls.  The weather was quite cold, around 35 F, especially when I had just flown in from Southern California the previous night.  Here are some pictures from our hike.

After getting back and having an afternoon nap, we went to eat sushi at the place my friend Ben has been telling us about for a little while.  I finally was going to confirm that the legends was true.  We went to Saburo’s to eat some sushi.  I must say that it was well worth the hype.  The sushi was fresh but the portions were huge and the price was very decent.  Overall a good day.  Portland is a beautiful place.  I will be visiting the city tomorrow and just hanging out.  We will end tomorrow by going to a Portland Trailblazers’ game.  That should be exciting.  Oh yeah, tonight was especially good because I got to talk to the wife via Skype.  She’s in Taiwan right now visiting her sister.  Until tomorrow.