A place like home?

With Doug and Ron having agreed to keep their eye on the kitties and the house, off we go to Portland. Really, there is nothing like a good road trip but travelling after a stressful day at work, in the dark, later than we should have been starting probably not our best option. By the time we realized that we were starving we were in the middle of nowhere on the I5 searching for somewhere (anywhere) to eat. Thank heavens for Denny's you can always count on them. After a quick bite (breakfast at night has got to be one of the top comfort meals) we were back on the road and heading through Seattle. We made it as far as Tukwila before deciding it would be a great idea to stop. All we can say is at least it seemed clean.

Thursday morning we are once again on the road.

We arrived in Portland and found our hotel (the Hotel 50) and what a treat that turned out to be. Very European boutique like.

Of course what we were really interested in was the bathroom. Just think no sump pump, no heatless basement, no construction debris.

Our reason for this trip was to find lighting for the kitchen and I guess we can say we had some limited success. What we discovered at the store is that they don't stock their ceiling fixtures as they allow so much customizing. You order it and it is delivered. Sigh, now we have duty and shipping to add to the already weak Canadian dollar. Oh well still good to actually see the lights rather than just a picture. Mission accomplished, ceiling fixture ordered now on to the fun stuff.

Portland is a great city. They have a HUGE bookstore that you can get lost in for days and more restaurants than Vancouver. We had a great time and hope to go back.

Sunday brought us back to reality and back home to the question of, would we have a toilet when we got there???