We finished up our road trip with a visit to the Pittock Mansion, built in 1909. A 23 room estate on the west hills of Portland. Quite a change from the Frank Lloyd Wright house!
And what does your staircase look like?
The sewing room. Can you imagine?
The grounds were beautiful.
There was also a stop at the smallest park in the world.
Mill Ends Park, downtown Portland, Oregon.
"In 1948 the site that would become Mill Ends Park was intended to be the site for a light pole. When the pole failed to appear and weeds sprouted in the opening, Dick Fagan, a columnist for the Oregon Journal, planted flowers in the hole and named it after his column in the paper, "Mill Ends"…Fagan's office overlooked the median in the middle of the busy thoroughfare that ran in front of the building (then known as SW Front Avenue). The park was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day, 1948, as the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland," according to Fagan." Wikipedia
Moon loved being up front for the entire trip. He made himself quite at home, while I set up camp in the backseat.
It was a fun trip, but it's good to be back. There was some welcomed rain during the drive home. Blue comes home tomorrow night around midnight. I'm looking forward to us all settling back in.
