Yesterday our first stop was breakfast at the Tin Shed. George had come here last summer and raved about it. The food was good. He had hash browns covered with eggs, sausage, and bacon gravy with a side of bacon and a biscuit, while Johanna had a yogurt and fruit plate with biscuits and bacon gravy on the side. Our first adventure of the day started by going to Mill Ends Park. Mill Ends is the world’s smallest park, measuring 24 inches in diameter. It was created in 1948 by Dick Fagan, a columnist for the Oregon Journal, and was based on his column, entitled “Mill Ends,” and is home to Patrick O’Toole, a leprechaun.
We then walked the waterfront area taking pictures of bridges, water fountains, and other items that caught our fancy: a memorial to the U.S.S. Oregon, commemorating its service to the United States in various wars, and a water park, strategically placed in front of the municipal sewage pumping plant, to name a couple; we stumbled upon a memorial reflecting the emotional history of Japanese interment during World War II; there was the statue of Portlandia the world’s second largest copper repousse statue in the United States (the first being the statue of Liberty); we enjoyed a coffee in the rain at Pioneer Square; we visited the Portland Courthouse, which is the second oldest courthouse west of the Mississippi still in operation; and we also walked through Lownsdale and Chapman Parks. These two parks, with a street separating them, had originally been created to segregate the sexes.
On our way back to our car we saw a sign for indoor glow-in-the-dark miniature golf. We figured, “what the hell, it’s raining anyways.” It was quite entertaining and a nice way to kill some time before going to dinner.
As George has been craving Chinese food for days we decided to head to Portland’s Chinatown. Our restaurant of choice? The House of Louie…yeah, we chuckled at that. The food was decently good, though.
In sum, this was a good and somewhat eventful day, despite the rain and overcast weather.
Love,
George and Johanna
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