Portland, OR. This is a really cool city. We're staying with and catching up with some friends who used to be a part of AMI (and still are, really) and now work with a downtown church in Portland. In an interesting change, they also live right downtown in the city center, in what is known as the 'Pearl District.' It's a fascinating area, with lots of local restaurants, coffee shops, pubs (not bars), and art studios. Walking around it feels more like a European city. The cars even yield to pedestrians.
We had a great time in San Francisco. I've started working on plans for my 'East Coast Associate' responsibilities with AMI, which will kick into gear once we get up to Boston in July.
The drive north today is a major turning point in the MegaTransect. We've completed our California leg and are now perched on the very northwest corner of Oregon, ready to launch the final phase of this trip with stops in Olympia, Seattle, the Tri-Cities, and finally Post Falls, Idaho. Oh, and we're now thinking about adding a stop in Minneapolis on the way back East. More on that later - but it would be cool if that works out.
We're definitely going back through North Dakota, because as I added up the states today (something to do on the 10 1/2 hour drive) I realized that North Dakota is the last state I need to have visited every one of the lower 48!
Andrew
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