Miles to date: 7765
States to date: 27
We have another shorter day, we're heading west to the coast then up to Issaquah, WA, just outside Seattle.
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Our first day was on the western side of Portland. We stopped at the zoo to take a quick tour of the subway station. They put some effort into the design, filling the station with various scientific facts, and a core sample taken during the construction of the station that detailed the state of the earth during various points in the core sample.
I'm not sure why, but they also included PI in their engravings. Some may find this more interesting than others...
The forests are amazing to drive through, I'm sorry we don't have time to do any hiking, maybe on another trip.
It is easy to identify those areas that have been logged recently. We did run into many clear cut areas.
It wasn't too long before we reached the Pacific. The weather was a bit overcast so there weren't many people on the beach.
We took a little time to stretch our legs and relax. It was quite peaceful swinging on the beach watching the waves.
We left the beach, and headed north toward Seattle, finally arriving in Issaquah late in the afternoon. Issaquah turns out to have a great little historic downtown area with many restaurants and shopping. Unfortunately I had left the camera in the room so I don't have any pictures.
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