So I had used my first one year working holiday visa and to activate my second one the border had to be paid a visit….may as well take a trip to the states then! So Portland, Oregon was chosen and on the drive down de-toured through Astoria (where The Goonies was filmed) and Cannon beach and was treated to a beautiful sunset.

Wandering around Portland was nice.  It had nice views along the river and it had a small city hippy/edgy vibe to it with lots of vegan restaurants and micro-breweries.  Some of my favourite breweries were Bridgeport and Deschutes but there were so many more I didn’t even get too!  Taking a trip up to Pittock Mansion was good to get a bonny view of the city.

On the road back up to Vancouver a de-tour via Multnomah Falls was taken. They were very impressive but the bridge had been closed because apparently a boulder had crashed into it!!