Showing posts with label Hop On Hop Off Big Pink Sightseeing Trolley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hop On Hop Off Big Pink Sightseeing Trolley. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2011

We hopped off and waited for the Portland Streetcar so that we could ride it to the Aerial Tram

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The Aerial Tram, a close up I took while we were up at the top of Marquam Hill.

Scroll on down to see a photo of Mt. Hood.

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A Portland Streetcar, like the one we would ride back to the corner where we would then hop back onto the Hop On Hop Off Big Pink Sightseeing Trolley.

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While we waited for the streetcar to arrive, a Zipcar truck stopped at the corner. Pretty cool.

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We rode the Aerial Tram to the top of Marquam Hill. Here's a photo of the next one arriving.

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Mt. Hood from the observation deck at the Oregon Health Sciences University. I had to alter it some at Picnik, the haze was that bad. I like how it turned out.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Roses we saw when we rode the Hop On Hop Off Trolley on Friday, August 19

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First stop, the Visitor Information Center at Pioneer Square where we got the two of them a 14-day TriMet pass so that we could ride all sorts of mass transit without having to worry with correct change and whether or not the transfer had expired. TriMet has several ticket windows right inside that doorway behind them. The waterfall feature sounds wonderful.

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Milton stopped at the ticket booth for the Portland Hop On Hop Off Big Pink Sightseeing Trolley--it departs from Pioneer Square on the hour and stops at sights all over the city. We rode along until it came to the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Here are some of the roses we saw.

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