Portland and Mt. Hood

Fresh homemade biscuits, fried chicken, fried egg, thick cut bacon and cheese all smothered in gravy.

Southern food has found it's home in Portland, Oregon.

Pine State Biscuits is a must stop in the city of Portland and the line out the door proves it.

The wait was well worth it.

To top off our calorie intake we walked a block to grab some ice cream at Salt and Straw, recommended by my sister.

Move over Greater's in Cincinnati, this all natural, handmade ice cream is now our new favorite. Salt and Straw uses local ingredients and has flavors like Honey Lavender and Pear with Blue Cheese. From first bite you can taste the quality. Yum.

That pretty much sums up our day trip to downtown Portland. Good food. Sometimes that's all you need.

Most of our time was spent back at camp near Mt. Hood.

One afternoon Justin was able to meet a friend who traveled to Portland for work. It was so good for Justin to be able to reconnect, I know he has missed his friends back home.

We have loved our life on the road, but we know we do not have it in us to live a nomadic lifestyle forever. We crave friends and family that we can see on a weekly basis, ones we can call last minute, have BBQ's and hang at the beach.

I say that now because we have been away so long. I am sure that when we get back to sticks and bricks (what RVers call a home) we will miss our travel days terribly.

Since we camped near the Historic Timberline Lodge we spent our last day in Mt. Hood checking it out.

Justin had to carry Layne the entire time because her flip flop broke when she fell getting out of the car. There were lots of tears. It was one of those days.

Up at the lodge we were able to cheer on runners from the Hood to Coast Relay Race. It is a two day, 200 mile, 12 man-team race from Mt. Hood, through Portland, and to the beach. Crazy, but looked like a lot of fun.

Oregon is great, not only is there no sales tax here but they also have service people who pump your gas for you. On top of that we have had amazing weather.

Currently we are East of the Cascades in Bend and we are loving it. More on that next time...