Farewell Bluebird Guesthouse (and Portland!)
Early this morning I left the lovely Bluebird Guesthouse in Portland. It’s one of the few paid stays I’m doing (so many kind friends are hosting me!) and I would totally recommend it to anybody who wants to visit Portland. It’s cute, old, but with modern conveniences, in a great location, and cheap. Woo-hoo!
On the way out I snagged a bagel and a tea bag from the kitchen for the train ride. They always have surprisingly good bagels (considering how far from NY it is) set out. Angels on Earth Joe and Belinda gave me a ride to the train, what dolls! A major plus of this tour is meeting great people I never would have met otherwise. The Amtrak Cascades ride from Portland to Seattle was uneventful and arrived only about 30 minutes late (not bad for Amtrak). The train was nice and roomier than the East Coast ones I’ve taken so far. They also had a totally different menu. (not that I bought any food this time around). They had TV screens and showed Swiss Family Robinson which I hadn’t seen since I was maybe 8 years old. I didn’t remember the teenage sons who were topless for most of the movie at that time. I watched it with the sound off. I remember liking that they had a girl with short hair who disguised as a boy in that movie too. Ah, classic Disney! I’m now in Seattle and just woke up from a much needed nap (with a cat curled by my feet). On to do some fun stuff!