I'm currently on vacation in the Pacific Northwest ("PNW") with three good friends and fellow programmers (thus our trip's name/hashtag, Programmers In The PNW) - Drew Preston, Dan Goslen, and Andrew Southard. Our main goal for the trip is to enjoy some time away from work exploring a new part of the country that we've never visited, and catch up with a few friends along the way. My goal here is to fill you in on our shenanigans on said trip. Here goes nothing.
Day 1: Travel, Mt. Rainier
Our travel to Seattle (RDU - MSP - SEA) were, thankfully, very uneventful. If you ever have the chance to fly into the Sea-Tac Airport from anywhere east of Seattle, I highly recommend getting a window seat on the left side of the plane because you might get views like this on your approach to the airport:
On our way down from Seattle to Portland, we stopped to motor around in Mt. Rainier National Park for a few hours... the $15 entrance fee did not disappoint - the mountain is spectacular!
Views of Mt. Rainier can also sometimes produce cases of people taking a picture of someone else taking a picture of someone else taking a picture of Mt. Rainier. Not that this happened or anything like that.
We then headed down to Portland, and checked in to our place that we got on AirBnB (I don't have any pictures yet, but I'll grab a few tomorrow). Great hosts, neat space, great view of some scenery.
Day 2: Church, Multnomah Falls (etc.)
The morning started out with a visit to a church that some of our friends had visited when they were in Portland earlier in the summer - Door of Hope on the northeast side of town. That was a great experience, due in part to this:
Yes you read that right. Free coffee (that tasted pretty good) IN AN AWESOME MUG. I was a fan in case you couldn't tell.
From there, we grabbed lunch at a delicious taco place called Por Que No?, then headed out for an afternoon of hiking (and getting a little wet) in the Multnomah Falls area, including a trip up most of the Oneonta Gorge and seeing Multnomah and Ponytail Falls:
After that we went to get dinner at a fantastic Thai place called Pok Pok, and then motored around downtown until we came across this gem:
Ruby Jewel Scoops (yes, that's the name) was AMAZING. I got their Salted Caramel and Dark Chocolate ice cream and it was fantastic. Highly recommended.
Days 3 & 4 - preview of what's to come
-- Walking tour of downtown Portland
-- Eating doughnuts
-- A giant bookstore
-- And some views of the Pacific
It's about 10:30pm as I write this and it's been a long day, so I'm calling it quits. I'll try to update this blog every couple of days, but if you want even more information here's how to get it:
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Until next time...
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