Portland's Morrison Bridge

For Our World Tuesday and Sunday Bridges, here are my last photos from Portland, Oregon. This is the Morrison Bridge.

If you've been reading my blog for a while you've probably figured out that I'm fascinated with bridges. Unfortunately there aren't many where I live, so I have to photograph them when I'm on vacation.

Portland Riverfront

Here are some photos I captured during a walk along the Portland (Oregon) riverfront when we visited for one day early last summer. First, for Sunday Bridges, here's the Steel Bridge, complete with a train crossing it (just to the right of the towers).

For Watery Wednesday, here's a water-skier.

And just for fun, this is the Salmon Street Springs fountain.

And of course, it is the City of Roses - this was about the only rose we saw when we were there.

And of course, it's all part of Our World Tuesday.

Portland's Hawthorne Bridge

For both the Scenic Sunday and Sunday Bridges memes this week, here are a few photos of the Hawthorne Bridge that crosses the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.

 The span I'm standing on in this photo lifts to let ships pass.

 It doesn't show very well in this photo, but the counterweights that help lift the bridge are huge! (And these are some of the few blue skies we saw in our week in the Pacific Northwest.)

I like bridges, and can't resist photographing them when I'm nearby.

Portland Convention Center

For this week's Scenic Sunday, here are a couple of photos of Portland's Convention Center, possibly the city's most recognizable building.

Although we spent less than one day there, I thought Portland was an attractive city.

Portland's Waterfront Park

For this week's Scenic Sunday, here are some photos from Portland's attractive Waterfront Park.

I don't have details on these but all these spots struck me as scenic as I was walking around.

Portland's Burnside Bridge

I ended up with lots of bridge photos when I was in Portland, so here are some more for the Sunday Bridges meme. This time it's the downtown Burnside Bridge.

If you like bridges, I've got several more to post yet!

Fair Skies

My Skywatch Friday entry for the week, taken on May 30 in Portland, Oregon, at the Rose Festival and City Fair on one of the few days we saw any sunshine during our Seattle/Vancouver vacation. An hour later it was raining again.