Keep Portland Weird...

So I know this post about our time in portland is a few days late but as my teachers always said to me..better late than never so here it goes!  We got there friday afternoon, checked into our hotel and then went down town to taste some of the interesting food everybody raves about.  There was a really cool place called 50 plates that had a signiture dish from each state that we tried to eat at but being downtown portland on a friday night we settled for chinese food instead.  One thing that we learned about portland is that it has quite the selection of trendy resteraunts, deli's, cafe's, and anytype of food you can dream of.  On saturday we woke up and went to the famous saturday market full of all the trinkety things you can imagine.  The greatest part about the market was all the food carts with some pretty scrumptious food and treats!  The only thing we bought was a ring for me to substitute for a wedding ring on the trip (i didnt bring mine in fear of losing it).  I dont know if anyone reading has ever been to portland, but it says "keep portland weird" on their lisence plate for a reason!  It was the most excentric place full of..i dont know how else to say it but randomness.  There was such a unique look to everyone and I really enjoyed observing the lifestyle and pace of the city.  After the market we hung out and read in a park, set up a slackline and just hung out a bit.  The next day we went to the OMSI, which is basically a big science center, and Jeff got to impress me with his math skills on several brain teasers they had... I gave up quick, never really liked math.  After a few hours there we walked around nob hill and looked through some really trendy independent stores and we eventually learned that is where all the "unique" people bought their clothes.  Overall portland was a fantastic place to get a taste of a cultured american city and Jeff and I had a great time eating, shopping, and being tourists..that being said we were more than ready to get outdoors and start climbing hard, but first we had to stop at voodoo doughnuts and get a carmel chocolate peanutbutter oreo covered doughnut (i guess we will have to climb extra hard to work all the food off!)