A few months ago our family made a trip to Oregon to enjoy the zoo and all that it had to offer.
For those of you who don't know my husband is originally from Portland and I grew up in Centralia an itty bitty town. Basically, Chris HATES public transportation because he had to use it growing up, now me, I have only used public transportation a few times in my life and for this reason it holds a certain interest for me. Anyway, I thought it would be FUN to take the kidlets on the MAX to get to the zoo. The husband was not quite so enthusiastic about it but we did in fact take the MAX and finally arrived at the zoo after getting on the wrong train and then transferring to the correct train with a very impatient five year old. Alyssa LOVED the trip to and from the zoo on the train! We got to see lots of very interesting people and parts of Portland and the surrounding cities we had never seen before. 
We enjoyed taking in the sights at the zoo, Alyssa especially loved the Bald Eagles, she still talks about them to this day! Michaela slept through most of the zoo but I know she will love it when she gets older. We also got to see polar bears, baboons, turtles, hippos and tons of other awesome animals.
After the zoo we went back to our car and ventured to this really sweet local restaurant called "Montage" after a 45 minute wait with two little kids we got a table and let me tell you it was worth the wait! If you like Cajun cuisine that is fresh and made from scratch you should venture on over to this place! Its located under the Morrison bridge and they don't take reservations so either get there early or be prepared to wait.
sweet! do you guys have a membership to the zoos?
ReplyDeleteNo, but we probably should! The only zoo we have yet to visit is Woodlsnd Park and its on my "to-do" list! The only thing holding me back is Seattle traffic. We did NW Trek last summer and it was awesome. The tram is open air in the summer and we had so much fun!
ReplyDeletejust went to OMSI last weekend with Delaney & cousins - we LOVE Portland!!
ReplyDeleteWe LOVE Portland too! its WAY better than Seattle..at least thats my opinion ;-) We have yet to make it to OMSI but that is on our list to do. Next time your down you should try and hit up "Montage" its this awesome local restaurant under the Morrison bridge they make yummy cajun food there and the BEST homemade macaroni and cheese!
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