Check out of our place and start the drive back to Portland which will be the final locale for the trip. It is sprinkling/raining the whole drive in. Eventually get into town and have some time to kill before we can check in so we grab lunch at the pine street market which looks like a pretty cool food hall but its currently under construction and only the ramen place was open.
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| rake patterns in the garden |
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| Fishies!! |
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| Waterfall in the park |
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| This tree has pretty and cool looking leaves |
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| More sand art |
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| Beautiful!! |
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| Love gardens |
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| Bonsai tree flowering |
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| Getting lost in a rose garden |
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| Apologize for all the pics of roses but there were so many of various sizes and colors so had to get a good representation. |
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| Cool little theater next to the rose garden |
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| one part of the rose garden from higher view |
We eat there anyway and the ramen was incredibly tasty but also had a weird flavor to it which I think came from it having spinach in it. Make our way back to the car and go see about checking in to the hotel. They let us so we drop our bags off and get situated then head out to explore the city a bit. First stop is the Japanese garden which is decent but many of the exhibits/paths were closed which was kinda annoying but still pretty. Then we see people walking away from the garden as we are exiting so we follow them and turns out there is a massive test rose garden on the other side of the tennis courts there. They breed different strains/colors of roses and have a contest every year and each year's winner gets a permanent place in the ring of honor or whatever it was called so you can not only see various colors and styles of roses but also see what won which year and what not. Tis an impressive garden so I am glad we stumbled upon it. When we are done walking around there, we get in the car and drive around the area which has tons of huge and incredibly nice house before finding our way to where the arboretum is. Lovely park as well. Tons of beautiful trees (the redwood thicket was pretty cool), nice trails meandering all throughout, and little gardens interspersed (the winter garden wasnt much to look at when we went but it wasnt winter so maybe thats why?). The area we were in, Washington park, has tons of other attractions like a zoo, childrens museum, imax, etc. and a trolley that drives around the attractions bringing people to and fro. Pretty central area for culture and enjoyment. Drive back to the hotel and drop car off then walk over to Forte for a wine tasting which was delicious. Our server was very knowledgeable and recommended we go to high horse nearby for dinner; was a great recommendation as the food was delicious, the cocktails were awesome, and the bar/restaurant itself was very stylish as it was the restaurant/bar in a pretty chic hotel. After enjoying our dinner/drinks, we head back to the hotel for bed.
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