Back in October, the FuFu Foursome took a trip to Portland. Mom and Dad wanted to show us around, make sure we liked it (even in the rainy Fall), and look at houses. After 4 months, we finally convinced them to upload and share the pictures.
To ensure we did not get bored looking at houses and driving around neighborhoods, we did a lot of cool things. I asked Amelia how many different types of transportation we took while in Portland, she said "6, 7, 8 things." No worries, she's close (and still working on what counting means). We used 9 different ways to get around (Dad calls it multi-modal methods):
- Rode the Metro to the Airport
- Took a Plane (direct) from DC to Portland. It was a long flight.
- Rented a car
- Rode an aerial tram/cable car
- Rode on a trolley
- Rode the Portland MAX train (named after my friend Max)
- Played on parked trains - which is kind of like going for a train ride
- Went hiking
- Road the moving sidewalks at the PDX airport a lot (for no real reason) - we also watched a guy play the piano at the Portland airport, but that does not count
After that huge number of transit methods, I knew I would love Portland. Everyday, I bring up something new about my Portland house (which we still have to buy), like:
- We can get a new fish in our Portland house (Amelia is really concerned about this since Mr. Bubbles Orange Green got sick, died, and flushed down the potty)
- We can get a dog in our Portland house - maybe when I turn 5
- We can have a room for Nana, Papa, Grandma, & Grandpa in our Portland house
- We can have a yard in our Portland house
- We can have DC friends come visit in our Portland house
- We can have our toys (most of which are currently in storage) back in our Portland house
- We can go look at waterfalls from our Portland house
- We can see the train from our Portland house (like we can from our DC house)
- We can have a desk for Dad in our Portland house, so he will not have to work from the bedroom floor
- ...
It is a long list with a new item added everyday. No pressure Mom and Dad, but you have to find a good house with room for a dog and a new fish.
Anyway, here are some of the pictures from our trip.
The rest can be found here.
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| Here we are riding the aerial tram up to the hospital. So fun |
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| Playing in one of Oregon's cool trees. They have a lot up there. |
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| Pushing a passenger train into place, without Amelia's help |
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| Group shot on our waterfall hike |
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| I forgot to mention we also went bowling - it was Amelia's first time. She loved it. |
I am looking forward to going back this summer!
Peace out,
Phin
