Newport

We have moved on a couple of times since the last post. We drove into Portland yesterday and had supper with John. Which was a challenge since the restaurant he had in mind is not there any more. Fortunately there were lots of other choices. It was great to see him in his habitat.
Jude was excited when we got to Portland because she saw a Nordstrom's. We were all excited when we got to Powell's book store. I have never seen anything like it. Amazing.
This morning we went to the Saturday market downtown in Portland. It was really good, lots of cool things. Then before we left town we went to the Pittock house, a Victorian house in the hills above the city that has been restored and is just beautiful. When we were still in Cannon Beach we took a day trip to Astoria and saw the Flavell house, another restored Victorian mansion, but the one in Portland was much bigger. We also went to the Maritime museum in Astoria (picture above), very interesting although I was annoyed that there was only one mention of David Thompson in the whole place. Lewis and Clark, big deal, they used DT's maps. Davis Thompson mapped the whole Columbia River watershed.
We are in Newport now, more lodging on the beach. The weather has changed from warm and sunny to still pretty warm but cloudy and a bit rainy. But we are looking right at the ocean and can watch the waves crashing as much as we want. Oh yes, on the way here, another outlet mall. Another mall, another pair of shoes.
So far, my anxiety about choosing the right places to stay has been unfounded. They have all been nice, the one in Portland extra nice.