portland adventures

yesterday began with a bang. or rather a series of booms as a substantial thunderstorm rolled through p-town. it was fantastical. i love weather.

so since alissa still has to work while i'm here, i was lazy all morning and occupied myself with the internet and reading while she was working in the other room. (as i am doing today.) when she was done we put on our hiking shoes and headed a few blocks south down to the river. she lives in north portland, which is very industrial down by the river. many docks and factories.
we walked down the hill to the railroad tracks and followed them around the bend, picking and eating wild blackberries as we went. (the university of portland is just up the hill at this point.) after a little bit of walking there is an abandoned factory that skate kids have turned into a skate park and it is filled with amazing graffiti. a little creepy, but very cool.
a bit farther on is a little beach where you can see the ships heading up towards the columbia river and where the railroad crosses the river. i felt like i was 12 years old off on an urban adventure.



but it eventually started getting dark and then the light portland spittle-rain began, so we started the walk back up the hill. we grabbed dinner at king burrito and then went back to alissa's house and watched a documentary on the flaming lips.
not a super-eventful day, but i had fun.

i have a bunch more photos from the trip so far on my flickr page.