Yes folks, he is wearing a Speedo!

While viewing the activities on the river from our deck in Portland, OR, this amazing sight paddled by.  Donna quickly ran for her camera to memorialize the occasion.  He must have missed the memo that men of a certain age should switch to long swim trunks. On the plus side, he is exercising.

Here are more amazing views from our deck.  There is so much activity, we spend hours watching the boats, skiers, cargo ships, scullers, trains, bike riders and so on.  There are bridges on either side of our townhome.  We can actually see six - yes, six bridges from our deck.

The Steel Bridge is a double decker bridge that raises and lowers its bottom level for ships using a vertical lift mechanism.  That is to say, it has an interior lift span section that remains horizontal as it is raised upward.  There are 40 trains (lower level) and 600 light rail trains (upper level) along with buses, cars, trucks, bikes, and pedestrians that cross this bridge daily. Here are night and daytime views of this bridge.

On the other hand, the Broadway Bridge is a bascule bridge that has sections that rotate up and away from the centerline of the river.

Here are more sights.

We stopped by Voodoo Doughnuts on the recommendation of our son Conor.  Yummy!

Conor also recommended Great Notion Brewing.  The beer was good and so was the pulled pork sandwich and double hamburger.

Here is a view of Portland taken while walking the 5 mile roundtrip to the Brewery.

We love our AirBnB.  It's spacious and has all of the amenities.  The owner thought of everything.  The only downside has been the noise associated with all of the trains, boats, and traffic.  Our first night's sleep was interrupted every hour with train horns.  We learned quickly not to keep the windows open!

We enjoyed our two night stopover in Corvallis to visit Oregon State University.  The Amtrak train ride to get there went fine - whew, are we happy about that!  We had our run of the campus because school was not yet in session for the fall.  It is beautiful!  The giant sequoias, which are endangered, were spectacular!  They can grow to almost 300 feet and can live for more than 3000 years.  We also liked the striped appearance of the silver birch bark.

Here we are with the OSU mascot - the Beaver.

The pizza was so good at Woodstock's that we went twice in two days.  It was as good as Donna remembered when she attended OSU.  We found out that the recipe has not changed in the 45+ years that the place has been open.  And, that is wheat crust too!  So cool!

We're here in Portland for another two plus weeks before flying back to Madison, AL to see our kiddos and pick up our car.  Stay tuned for more Portland happenings.