Portland, Oregon Adventures

For the past month I've been going with Bob down to Portland for some caching.  He's all about the numbers and the milestones and Portland is one of the best places to "get numbers and to achieve milestones."

The first time we went we did a lot of urban caching.  There were a bunch of areas that no one takes care of them very well.  It kind of takes the fun out of it when you can't find them or we find out they have no been found for several months because they are missing and the cache owners do not take care of them.  Especially when you have a quota for the day, which we do when we go with Bob.  The last few times have been the bike path runs by GeoSpaz and his team.

Each time we go down there, we try to get at least 50 caches or more.  We figure we drive the two hours down there might as well rack 'em up!

So far we've gone down about 4 times and have gotten at least 350 caches.  We will probably continue to head down until the weather turns on us.

Some memorable moments include:

• Finding dildos and condoms next to a cache zone.  The tree will forever been known as the dildo tree.
• Smashed hotdogs on the I-205 bike trail.
• Fun graffiti all over the PDX area.
• Everyone who uses the trails in Portland smoke.
• Needles in parks.
• Places where bums steal and hoard their stolen items and belongings under shrubs.
• Weird sculptures and art placed all over the city.
• Weird homeless people who yell obscenities at people.
• Random people sitting in the middle of a bike trail talking on their phone.
• Tons and tons of garbage, glass and cigarette butts EVERYWHERE.
• Cartlandia (an area of just food trucks)  http://www.cartlandia.com
  8145 Southeast 82nd Avenue  Portland, OR 97266

Mount Hood from NE Portland, Ore.

Enjoying a sunny day!

 Gresham, Oregon after completing the I-84 Bike Path.

The beginning of the I-84 Bike Path.

Inside a forested part of a baseball park in Portland.

Bob retrieving a cache on the MD Path along the Columbia River.

Bob had a small stint in Gresham, Oregon as a small child.

Bob peddling along the I-205 Bike Path.

Me caching along the MD Path in NE Portland.

I had a hand in finding this cache along the I-205 Bike Path.

Next adventure:  Psycho Vertigo, northwest of Shelton, Wash.