The night was cold and Marija woke up with “cold eyeballs”. We had some quick oatmeal and broke camp by 10am. We were off to Portland! The initial plan was to head over to Smith Rock National Park to do some climbing but we changed things to spend more time on the coast. We decided to spend the night at a hostel in Portland.
Portland is a beautiful place with large trees, artistically painted buildings and tons of art studios dotting the streets. It turned out that the first Thursday of every month is the day that the artisits of Portland open their doors to the public and show off their art. Most of the art we saw was very modern and some a bit too off the wall for me. We saw everything from an arcade with a smoke machine running to a room with forecent lights and rocks that were painted black. Most of the art was lost on me. I did however enjoy the free beer and food that came along with the art.
After going aroung to the art studios we picked up some food and beer and Safeway and headed back to the hostel to cook up some dinner. We had heard that there was a good local brewpub nearby the hostel and the plan was to head off there after dinner. We made up some chicken alfredo and drank some micro brewed local beer. We were off to the pub. I was amazed that the locally brewed beer was $3 a pint! We had the sampler of all the local brews and got a pint of the best one. The total bill for 3 pints and a sampler of 6 beers? $15!
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