I loved the rose festival in Portland. Cool light rail too.
I loved the rose festival in Portland. Cool light rail too.
The Rose Festival is a super great event in Portland, to be sure. I noticed shortly after 9/11 that there weren't as many Navy ships coming into downtown Portland, at the seawall. And in addition to that, the security got awfully tight and the ships were fenced off and even river traffic on the Willamette was escorted back and forth by the US Coast Guard, when that had never been done before. I hated to see that happen.
And yes, I like the light rail, too. A little side note here, the Westside light rail (the Blue or Red Line goes that way) has the deepest passenger station in North America (from what I read before). It's the station buried way underground in the West Hills, and you ride the elevator up to the Portland Zoo...
A three-mile (4.8 km) section consists of two tunnels below Washington Park. While this section has only one station, it is 260 feet (79 m) below ground level, making it the deepest train station in North America and the second-deepest train station in the world.
Cool light rail til you find out how much it costs.