Portland OR

A recent wildfire burned the Columbia Gorge

I ended up having to walk 

Nearly 4 miles 

Even with the wheelchair requests. 

Airport terminals are big! 

You can kind of see Mt Rainier

Through the haze. 

Visibility is about 10 miles. 

Probably because of the Redding (Carr) fire. 

The Flight Attendant uses Snake Juice!

She said it was the only diet 

that ever worked for her. 

I am staying in a forest hippie bungalow.

I’m quite sure this eccentric neighborhood 

Was a product of precomputer age engineers

Who drank scotch and listened to 

Jazz on reel-to-reel tapes

Back in the 1970s. 

 Whilst contemplating Gandalf’s next move. 

An actual street in said neighborhood. 

My Uber driver gave me 5 stars 

Because I used the word “traipsing...”

As in “traipsing around...”

🤓😎🤓

Shuffling off for basics. 

Wine. Cheese. Coffee. Water. 


This makes mythology of the phrase 

“There’s No Place Like Home.”

Air BnB makes it like home. 


Cold brew Kong coffee outside with the locals. 

A few of the locals! 




An old hippies dream. 

Walk outside and snip off some herbs

For dinner that night. 

I did my daily stretching routine 

with a primeval forest backdrop. 

Like Karate Kid, but for old people. 

I can’t count the number of Subi’s here. 

It simply boggles the mind. 

I’m still on Dallas time,

 and Theater People sleep late. 

More traipsing for me!