Bikes, boats, buses and good old-fashioned walking will get you where you need to go and will leave you feeling more connected to all the beauty and reality the Pacific northwest has to offer
Visitors enjoy the sun outside of Pittock Mansion. High in the West Hills above Northwest Portland, the historic turn-of-the-century Pittock Mansion offers picture-perfect views of the city and its surroundings, as well as a revealing glimpse of Portland’s past.Gravity is proving to be a masterful guide to Portland.
the cathedral-ceilinged Glasshouse, a 40-foot tall, 4,500-square-foot glass and steel structure. Necks craning, we proceed into an outdoor garden that mimics local flora with towers, shards and tangled masses of technicolour glass. Later, we watch the golden hour fade into twilight during our train journey to Portland and make use of Amtrak’s free WiFi to read about similar problems at our next stop, Portland.trailhead and lock up our bikes before hiking uphill to the International Rose Test Garden. The subtle fragrances of the blooms, which span around 650 varieties and cover a swath of hillside the size of five football fields, blend beautifully with natural air conditioning powered by the Pacific Ocean.
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