why spoil your burger by having a bun and any salad or anything else half healthy. The double down at KFC. (or KFC/KGC as it is now known) is the perfect burger, bacon a piece of american cheese either side of it and two chicken fillets replacing the bun. Actually it was pretty good and not the worst thing we have seen…..taco bell takes that prize. we are building up courage to go.

this is one of the city’s favorite attractions, and its full of colour and smells. the fish market was amazing with gian salmon and plenty of other creatures from the sea. flowers were also a huge trade with about a dozen flower vendors.

Over a hundred years ago seattle was metres under the current street, earthquakes, tides and fire forced them to build a city above the old city. The old city is still there underneath the new we went on a tour to discover it.

you might have seen our photo of elvis at the portland market, well a few days earlier we saw his car at the national auto museum in reno. like the king it was huge.

there are dozens of brew pubs in the cityand over a hundred serving locally brewed beer. it is delicious and you go to bed wobbly wake up sparky..no nasty chemicals. one bar we wnt to had over 100 craft beers on tap….didnt get thru them all.

saturdays the portland market comes to life and attracts thousands. in glorious sunsine there were hundreds of stalls mainly art and craft or farmers market. there was plent of entertainment from buskers and other freaks and we caught the back of elvis!

a few awful food related pics we took in san fran and reno….enjoy

About half hour out of the city was a cool air and space museum which featured the spruce goose huge sea plane. They are advertising they will be getting one of the shuttles after nasa finishes with them. The jumbo on the roof is a kids swimming pool they are opening, there is a pool in the real jet which links the lower pool with a crazy waterslide.

Location:spruce goose

no joke these were on the menu as a starter big enough for one….

Well we are in the brew capital of the USA…. so time to sample some of portland’s finest.

mount hood towers over portland, it should see the first snow of the season on friday night when the weather turn crap.

Location:mount hood

the city is sourounded bt dense conifer forest and miles of orchards frowing apples, pears, peach and pumkin.

the blue skies make the scenery look spectacular.

Location:driving around portland