After a 4 hour flight yesterday, I arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon. Why Portland? I came to Portland to visit my friend Allison that I met in Monterey this summer and to see the Pacific Northwest, an area that I've always wanted to see. So far, everything has been great. The weather is perfect! 60 degrees, clear and sunny. Everyone keeps telling me that this isn't typical Portland weather.
We dropped my stuff* off at her house and then went to an apple festival. We tasted over 25 different kinds of apples. Let me tell you, you might think that all apples taste the same, but they don't. Then we went to a barbecue which was outside of Portland. The house had beautiful views of Mt. Hood.
Everything is really green and lush. The trees are changing and it's the perfect autumn weather. We visited the Oregon Zoo today which was incredible! I've never been to a zoo like it before. They had all different kinds of animals, from cougars to elephants to primates.
I'll be updating more. I don't leave here until Tuesday.
* I refuse to pay to check a bag. So I don't. That's right. I only took a carry-on, and it was just fine.
