Saturday Adventures

Every Saturday we make plans for an adventure. As I mentioned before, we're trying to take advantage of the nice weather, but it's also imperative to Ben's mental health that he get out and do something in the outdoors every weekend.

So last Saturday we drove into downtown Portland to go to the Farmer's Market. They had such great samples at each booth that Ben (Mr. Frugal) almost purchased peaches for $2 each. Luckily, I was able talk him out of it, but the rest of the time I could hear him muttering under his breath, "Those peaches were so good!" over and over. Not two-dollars-a-piece good though, I can assure you.

We also got the great opportunity to see my old roommate Brooke. She lives and works in the city and writes Super Bowl Ads. Yeah, she's pretty cool.

Nayeli's free flower

We then did a short visit to the Portland Saturday Market down by the waterfront. It's made up of more crafts, clothes, art, etc. I love Farmer's Markets and getting to see the creativity of others.

Ben and I then drove to Multnomah Falls, about 30 min outside the city in the Gorge (the area to the east of the city where the Columbia River runs). It's a beautiful falls and a pretty iconic Portland-area tourist attraction. I don't think we'll go again because it was a madhouse, but it's worth going once for sure.

 Remember my post on how to choose a good citizen photographer? When we lived in DC Ben was a master at picking a good one, but he has since lost some of his skill because he asked a guy holding a disposable camera (do they even make those anymore?) to take this picture. Look, there's our family standing in front of a bridge and... wait... is that a waterfall in the back?

 Ben's second Citizen Photographer choice was much better...except that Ben's eyes are closed. As they say, you can't beat 'em all.

Blurry but I love it.

 Looking over the Gorge. We hiked up to the top of the falls.

 At the top

This is an extremely common place to find Ben- in some obscure spot trying to 

capture a photo or video of Nayeli.

This photo perfectly captures Nayeli's annoyance at being interrupted from her play for a picture.