Einen lieben Nikolaus Euch allen! Ich habe die Stiefel meines Patenkindes und seines Bruders bereits gefüllt – das ist genauso aufregend wie selber Stiefel rausstellen- LOL.
Happy St. Nicolaus Day! I already filled the boots of my little godson and his brother (that is the German custom – the kids place their self polished shoes/boots the night before the 6th outside and if they were nice they get them filled with Sweets by St. Nicolaus). I was as excited to fill them as I used to be excited to receive them as a kid – LOL
But her are more pictures of Portland and…Waterfalls :-)
I really loved the brick buildings in Portland – I have a soft spot for brick buildings!
and for pizza – LOL
oh and for coffee
The coolest thing on our last day in Portland was the huge Saturday Art Market. Wow. Lot’s of stands with wonderful self screen printed T-Shirts, self sewn clothing, self crafted jewelery, lamps, wallets, purses, – everything just handcrafted. This places spilled over with colors and inspiration – I was so so happy there! I bought myself some beautiful earrings and we bought a lot of cat and dog toys (well….we have a soft spot for animals too – LOL)
And we did all this whiles listening to this wonderful group of young people singing 80s songs a Capella- awesome
And then we went back to Seattle – with a picnic in the car and a different route this time – the Historic Columbia River Highway. BEAUTIFUL.
We had our picnic outside in the sun – still pretty cold – with this view:
And Waterfall number I. on our way…I have to look up the name again – mmmhhh
And then a little big bigger – the Bridal Veil Falls – you hear it around the corner while hiking:
And then the Multnomah Falls which are the second highest year round waterfalls in the United States – pretty impressive – I tell you!
It rained – and so I did not a lot of photos there -my little camera got wet :( – this is just the upper part of the waterfall.
and the lower part of the waterfall – you have to connect those two photos in your mind- LOL
And some last impressions before it got dark
The next day we flew back to Newark on the Eastcoast and more with the last photos about it later :-)
Have a gorgeous Saturday!
Gretchen
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Awww!! You’re making me homesick, lol!!
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Cat
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I have a picture of all the same falls as we took the same route back to Washington from a trip to Portland one time….sounds like a great road trip…did you see Mt. St. Helena (is that the name of it??) in the background as you drove?
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Michelle Jacquemet
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Wow incredible shots! I have some similar ones of Maltnumah falls & the Columbia River Gorge. So jealous that they were so full of water! TFS!
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eef
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wow what a beautiful pictures…again! Would love to go there, it has been ages since i was there :-) xoox
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Eeva
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I love the waterfall photos!!! Amazing!!!!
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heather
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Lovely! St. Nick came here too!
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Barbara
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How beautiful!!! I LOVE RED houses!!! If we ever build me a small cottage home it will be red.
Thanks for sharing the photographs this week! I so enjoyed them all!!! Hope there is more to come.
{{hugs}}
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Daphne
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Okay..I’ll have to come with you some time … so you can show me around :-)
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Rachel
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WOW. Such beautiful pictures! My husband and I went to Oregon for our honeymoon this summer and I just fell in love with the scenery there. And Portland was so fun. Glad you shared these :)
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Cricket
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Great pictures!!!
smiles,
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Karen Auld
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Great pics!
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Kim Sonksen
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A-flippin-mazing!!!! Loving those pictures and I am totally with you on brick building, pizza and coffee.
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caro
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great route! ditto on the red brick buildings! GOT my Christmas deco today _it’s breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!!
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Michelle Rydell
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Beautiful photos Nat!
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