Since the kids are on spring break, we decided to do a little exploring. We drove into Portland (only like 12 miles away). Our first stop was Powell's City of Books. The parking garage was a bit of an adventure. It was 1 car in 1 car out. It was super steep and very tight inside. The bookstore was awesome. It's huge, you need a map to find your way around . You could easily spend hours there. Lots of cool stuff! After that, we drove to Chinatown and parked. We walked over to a bunch of food carts that they call (pods) here. We all picked different foods for lunch. It was crowded and loud, but the food was good. After lunch we walked down to the waterfront. I was on the hunt for cherry blossoms. We eventually found them and along the way the kids got their true taste of city living and all the homeless people in Portland. Honestly most pictures if I would just pan a little in any direction there would be a large population of homeless. It's much different than Albuquerque.It's interesting. It started raining, so we headed to the car. When we got close to home we stopped for hot chocolate. It was an interesting day in the city!
