Portland's 4T Trail
We were looking for a fun family day, so we decided to combine two things in Portland that we'd heard about, but hadn't yet tried.
The first, Soren and I saw on and episode of Man vs. Food. It is the Stepping Stone Cafe in NW Portland, and they are known for their "mancakes."
Indeed!
In our version of Man vs. Food...the food won!
Properly fortified, we headed up to the zoo for the start of the 4T Trail. The 4T trail is a tour of the diversity of portland via Trail, Tram, Trolley and Train.
The first T: Trail.
Lovely. So amazing how thick the forest can be right in the middle of the city.
Occasionally, we'd exit the forest to cross a street...
...before heading back into the forest again...
The second T: Tram. It never occured to me that the tram could be closed mid-day! But I guess all of Portland may not be as early-rising as our family.
Fortunately, the opened the tram 30 minutes after we got up there.
The third T: the Trolley (which I didn't think to photograph until after we'd climbed off and it was rolling away!)
The final T: the Train. (Note: Soren carrying Peter's new REI backpack which is stuffed with Powell's books! We can't break our Portland habits even while on a new adventure!)
6 hours later: exhausted, adventured-out and back at the beginning! It was a great day.
The first, Soren and I saw on and episode of Man vs. Food. It is the Stepping Stone Cafe in NW Portland, and they are known for their "mancakes."
Indeed!
In our version of Man vs. Food...the food won!
Properly fortified, we headed up to the zoo for the start of the 4T Trail. The 4T trail is a tour of the diversity of portland via Trail, Tram, Trolley and Train.
The first T: Trail.
Lovely. So amazing how thick the forest can be right in the middle of the city.
Occasionally, we'd exit the forest to cross a street...
...before heading back into the forest again...
The second T: Tram. It never occured to me that the tram could be closed mid-day! But I guess all of Portland may not be as early-rising as our family.
Fortunately, the opened the tram 30 minutes after we got up there.
The third T: the Trolley (which I didn't think to photograph until after we'd climbed off and it was rolling away!)
The final T: the Train. (Note: Soren carrying Peter's new REI backpack which is stuffed with Powell's books! We can't break our Portland habits even while on a new adventure!)
6 hours later: exhausted, adventured-out and back at the beginning! It was a great day.
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