It is official, my time in Portland is over. I was pretty excited about moving home, and I'm still happy I did, but I didn't think I would be so sad leaving Portland.
Zach and I went to Portland on Friday and started packing. Saturday we loaded it all up, cleaned the apartment and hit the road. He had a secret little treat in store for me though.
As we were leaving town we stopped for gas and some Jack 'n the Box and I noticed him surfing the web on his phone, I tried to lean over to see
what he was looking at but he hid it from me. I have never been good at just letting a surprise happen to me so I started guessing. I was really stumped for a while but there could only be so many places to go on the way out of Portland....
As nerdy as it may sound, I am a total Twilight junkie. Laugh and tease all you want but I love it. Yes, the movie was terrible and the books are for teenagers but I just eat it up. I realized he was taking me to the place they filmed the prom in Twilight. As much as Zach hates Twilight I knew he didn't take me there for that specific reason but all the same it is where we were going. It is called The Viewpoint Inn. Super cute little cottage looking place with an AMAZING view. We didn't go inside, I think there was some sort of party going on, but I did get to take a couple pictures of the outside.
what he was looking at but he hid it from me. I have never been good at just letting a surprise happen to me so I started guessing. I was really stumped for a while but there could only be so many places to go on the way out of Portland....As nerdy as it may sound, I am a total Twilight junkie. Laugh and tease all you want but I love it. Yes, the movie was terrible and the books are for teenagers but I just eat it up. I realized he was taking me to the place they filmed the prom in Twilight. As much as Zach hates Twilight I knew he didn't take me there for that specific reason but all the same it is where we were going. It is called The Viewpoint Inn. Super cute little cottage looking place with an AMAZING view. We didn't go inside, I think there was some sort of party going on, but I did get to take a couple pictures of the outside.
Then we continued down the historic highway to this little spot. I always notice it from the main freeway at night when I'm driving into Portland, it looks like a UFO. Turns out its not a UFO at all, it was originally built as a rest stop and observatory on the old highway. It was closed by the time we got there but we could still peak in the windows and read the articles on the wall. It was built in 1918 costing upwards of $100,000 and it shows in the marble floors and the beautiful windows and the super secret elevator hidden in the floor. I didn't get a picture of it but it was totally secret squirrel. It is
completely flush with the floor. If I hadn't seen it going down I wouldn't have known it was there.
Anyways, the views from this place are amazing. Zach was not making it any easier for me to leave Portland. Note to self: If I ever live in Portland again and have to move away, do it in the winter when its ugly and cloudy and miserably wet.
It was a nice way to leave Portland though. Now I have to get into the swing of things in tri-cities. I need to figure out the living situation quick, one month of living with my mom is about all I, or Zach, can take. I start back at the salon on
Wednesday. Lots to do. Time to get busy.
Wednesday. Lots to do. Time to get busy.
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