Sunday September 24
A weekend of discovery during our WEB in Oregon, a state of around 4 million people of which 2.3million live in the greater Portland area which takes unto itself the neighbouring city of Vancouver which is actually in the state of Washington. (The state capital of Oregon is Salem)
Today was like every other day since we arrived 2 weeks ago—brilliant sunshine—and after teaching Starbucks downtown how to make coffee we drove over to a lovely park in Vancouver which had a farmers market and a statue to George Vancouver.
What a remarkable bloke was George who sailed with James Cook before getting his own commission to circumnavigate the world, westward pulling into Albany WA and taking possession of King George Sound for the Brits and then proceeding to map the north-west American continent, being Oregon, Washington State, British Columbia and the Alaskan coast and ascertain the viability of northwest passage. ( there being none)
During the afternoon we drove 100km toward Mt Hood and got great views of the snow covered giant and all under an azure sky.
At the dinner hour Isabel chose Guiseppe’s nearby because it offered Italian meals for seniors. You can be the judge.
And the rest of the meal
Tomorrow it’s off to Olympia (the capital) in Washington State and the Governor Hotel where stayed a few years ago
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