Markets, Mansions, and Missing the Temple

We woke up as the sun came up this morning.  How could anyone sleep through this beautiful sunrise?  Like really.  It was burning our eyes out.

We hung around and enjoyed the treehouse for a little while before we headed back out.

This sitting room was part of our rental.  Bailey liked to sit in that chair and pretend to be a villain!

We went straight to the Saturday Market!  It was gigantic!  We ate pupusas and pork buns for breakfast (oh food trucks) and spent many hours seeing all the strange things there were to see.  Lots of soap and handcrafted knives!  I especially liked the ceramics booths, and seeing the iconic Portland sign.

It got kind of hot outside, so we bought some delicious looking fruit which we thought would be nice and refreshing... but for some reason it just wasn't.

We decided to walk to Voodoo doughnuts which wasn't too far away, because that is apparently one hoppin' place.  We found it, as well as the line that stretched down the sidewalk, and promptly walked away.  Neither of us like doughnuts anyway.  But we do like this sign.

Once again we were ready for a less chaotic adventure, so we went up the hill to Pittock Mansion!  It's a historical site, an old mansion built in 1909 or something.

It was really cool to see - I love historical stuff, but I did have a bit of a problem with the way it was decorated.  Instead of doing it 100% period appropriate, different people had put together each room however they wanted to, and in any style they wanted.  Nothing was super out of place or anything, and it was all absolutely beautiful, but I just prefer when historical houses are kept true to their time.

We were really pleased with the free parking there, and decided to enjoy it for just a little bit longer.  Luckily our hiking clothes were in the car and there was a trail nearby, so we embarked on an impromptu hike!

I think it ended up that we were in Forest Park, but we weren't really sure.  What we were sure of is that it was beautiful!  It is amazing how different Oregon and Utah forests are.  Both are insanely gorgeous, and it was fun hike around in an environment that we weren't as familiar with!

After our hike we checked into our final Portland Airbnb, to stay for two nights.  We didn't get a single picture of the place, which is kind of sad because it was our favorite!  We had a whole little building to ourselves, which was a loft.  Kitchen, laundry room, and living room downstairs with a bed, closet, and bathroom upstairs.  We could seriously live in a place like that, it was perfect for just two people!  We'd also really love to build something like that to host guests of our own.  See the listing here if you're curious.

After checking in we made the drive to the Portland temple which wasn't even in Portland.  We were so excited to do some of my family sealings!  But... when we got there, we were informed at the door that the power had been out for 2 hours, so they closed for the day.  We were so bummed!  But we didn't let it get us down, and spent some time walking around the beautiful grounds.

Soon enough, after some subpar American food for dinner (we aren't as impressed by the food scene here as we thought we'd be), we drove back to our little loft!