If you're ever thinking about traveling by Amtrak, consider getting a sleeper for anything over 12 hours. The last leg of the trip we spent in coach (a total of around 20 hours). It was crude after two and a half days in a sleeper. Sure, it's expensive, but like one of our sleeper-car companions said, "The train is the destination."




Of course, there are lots of great bike shops in Portland. Citybikes is one of my favorites. There are so many women working there!! They have lots of used stuff, including a back room full of bins of well organized secondhand parts. We have yet to go to the Community Cycling Center, which is a community bike project of a similar breed as the Bike Library.





We got to spend some time with our friend Mary at the Japanese Garden where she is a gardener. I'm still stunned at all those shades of green.

Although we have a week left here, we're already feeling our time running out. The Zine Symposium is the biggest part of this weekend, and tomorrow we're riding to the coast for a few days of bicycle camping.