Girls Weekend Portland: Days 3 & 4

The recap for Girls Weekend Portland: Days 1 & 2 can be found here ß

Girls Weekend Portland Day 3:

Our morning started with a visit to Pittock Mansion.

 

This is where you go to find the best views of Portland.  We also planned the 3 mile “easy” hike around the property.  Eh…not so easy of a hike.  Turns out the path we picked took us straight down and as you know, what goes down must come back up.  We powered through like a champ and felt victorious having completed the harder than expected hike.

 

We headed back to the townhouse where we gussied up and had a few shots since we secured a DD for the remainder of the night.  Patty’s husband Adam drove us to Prost! for some German beer and BBQ from Matt’s, an amazing food truck in the area.  There was an IPA beer truck also set up, which was perfect for our mixed-beer-loving group.

 

We were then dropped off at Darcelle’s a local drag show.  The star of the show is Darcelle, a 92-year-old drag queen, the oldest in the Guinness Book Of World Records.  Darcelle should really think about retirement but overall, we enjoyed the show. 

 

We called and Uber to take us back to the townhouse and called it a night.

 

Girls Weekend Portland Day 4:

Our final full day in Portland started with a visit to the Saturday Market, a tradition when in Portland.

 

We didn’t stop into Voodoo Donuts because the like was too long, but I can at least say I saw it!

 

One of the reasons for choosing Portland as our destination was to drive to the town of St. Helen’s, known as Halloweentown.

This was the location where where the first movie was filmed.  We arrived just in time to see the Pirate cannon ball and firearms demonstration.

 

We found a nearby brewery before venturing into down for some lunch at a pizza food truck.

 

Before we left St. Helen’s, we stopped at Bella’s house, the house used in the filming of the Twilight movie.  The current owners of the house were outside sharing stories they heard from the owner about filming.  I’ve never seen Twilight, but it was neat.

 

For our last night, we ventured into Vancouver, Washington for a wine flight at Vallo Cellars and a beer at Waterfront Taphouse where we also had a bite to eat along the waterfront and a stop at the Ilani Resort & Casino.  I ended up winning some money, which luck followed me to Spokane (more on that trip soon).

 

Along our drive home, we stopped in LaGrande to sample one final brewery, Side A Brewing.    

 

That wraps up Girls Weekend 2022.  I will be back to share my Spokane Girls Weekend with Dawny.