Our tour guide, Peter, was a wealth of great information and stories about the art we saw, Portland history, and the buildings and bridges we saw. It was rather terrifying standing in the middle of the Broadway and Morrison Bridges, but I just kept a death grip on M and tried think of things other than children plunging into the river and whether I should jump after them if they did. (I shouldn’t, since I can barely swim, but I can’t imagine standing there and doing nothing). Fortunately A was happy to keep a respectful distance away from the railing.
We had some really good luck, in addition to the great planning of our tour guide. The weather was actually perfect, overcast and cool--no rain, no wind, and no sun beating down on us. Also, while we were walking along the Eastbank Esplanade, the paddle- wheel steam boat fired up, let out some truly remarkable toots, and headed downriver, where both the Burnside and Steel bridges opened up for it. We also saw a sea lion swimming around in the river. A great time was had by all.
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