a perfect day

Day 4

Yesterday was a nearly perfect day. And I certainly want it documented, so here we go. :)

Our day actually started on Monday night, when we were back at home watching DVR'd episodes of So You Think You Can Dance. Once midnight rolled around, we broke out the stuff for a little midnight snack.

yes, yes we did.

It's been a loooong time since I've made rice krispie treats, but they were good. Billie Jo whipped up some hot chocolate and we settled in for some late night chatting and tv watching.

(don't worry, we didn't eat the whole pan)

We stayed up kinda late but eventually fell asleep. We both slept in a little in the morning and took our time getting our day started. Once we were up and dressed, Billie Jo took me down town for breakfast. Voodoo doughnuts is a pretty famous little tourist spot up here. It's just a little tiny doughnut shop where they serve a variety of unusual pastries.

Billie Jo and I both got the Voodoo doll donut (chocolate frosting with raspberry filling and a pretzel stake in his heart). I also decided to try the maple bacon bar (yes, it has slices of bacon on top). We ordered our donuts and walked down to Stumptown Coffee - another local favorite. We took our time enjoying our Voodoo dolls & some very yummy lattes....as well as taking a hundred pictures.

poor guy - has a stake in his heart. ;)

isn't that gorgeous?

Pretty soon, breakfast was over (it was actually a lot closer to lunchtime). We headed out of the city and started a scenic tour of waterfalls and outlooks.

beautiful, no? The tiny building on the right is called Crown Point

a view from Crown Point

We kept driving down the scenic byway until we came to our first waterfall stop. I can't even tell you how many pictures I took throughout the day - paring these down was really really hard. But, alas, nobody wants to scroll through 700 pictures -so I hope these will help capture the essence of the trip.

I think this picture is kinda cool - the camera focused in on the water droplets of mist zooming past us.

This was the last waterfall we saw - I think, if I remember right, it's the tallest year round waterfall in the US.

The whole waterfall tour was great. The weather was, again, near perfect and we didn't have a time frame or set schedule. We just enjoyed ourselves. We hiked around each location, took pictures, basked in nature, and moved on to the next spot. It was nice to just be outside and how could you not enjoy yourself surrounded by that kind of natural grandeur?

We eventually made our way back home and, because we're gluttons for pain, decided to bite the bullet and go to kickboxing class again. You see, we've done really great about working out everyday - but my body isn't acclimated to that kind of activity and I was more than sore. In fact, my legs kept randomly buckling under me all day while we hiked around - much to Billie Jo's amusement. Anyway, kickboxing was about the last thing I thought I could do at that moment - but we went, and we survived, and we both felt good about going in the end.

And then it was time for more fun. We had some down time to cook a little dinner, shower and get a little dressed up to go out again. We decided to try a place called Portland City Grill. It's on the 30th floor of a building overlooking the city. Happy hour was at 10, so out we went. The last time I left for an event at 10pm had to have been in college. We found a table and ordered a few things to munch on and a few drinks to sip on. I had the best calamari that I've had, and I also tried a lavender infused cosmo - which was interesting, and good.

pomegranate margarita & a green apple martini ;)

it's hard to take low light pics of yourself, we discovered.

We sat there and chatted away until the bar closed and we had to go home. We had so much fun. We just chatted and laughed and enjoyed each other's company. Once we got home, we stayed up for another hour or two chatting and laughing some more until we both fell asleep.

It was a very long, jam packed, tiring day - but it was fun, beautiful, rejuvenating, and good for the both of us. Thanks Billie Jo for the great memories. :)