The crew traveled via train to Portland City today..
There are many things to do and places to see in this beautiful city. The fore-some decided on the World Forestry Center Discovery Museum. Not sure how many of you know, but this was Mike Sr.'s first job after graduating from NC State - Forestry! Thank goodness for the "Tarheel turnaround" to his law degree, or we'd be living in the swamps of Mississippi!
While in Portland City they visited The International Portland Test Rose Garden (not the arena). Here's some historical information about how this town became the City of Roses: Historical Information
Portland has long had a love affair with roses. In 1888, Georgiana Burton Pittock, wife of publisher Henry Pittock, invited her friends and neighbors to exhibit their roses in a tent set up in her garden; thus the Portland Rose Society was established. The rose Mme. Caroline Testout was introduced by Pernet-Ducher in 1890, and Portlanders began to plant it on their curbs. By 1905 Portland had 200 miles of rose-bordered streets which helped attract visitors to the Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. Portland came to be known as the 'City of Roses.'
Established in 1975, the Miniature Rose Garden is one of only six testing grounds for the American Rose Society (ARS) miniature rose test program. The national annual winners from both ARS and AARS associations are displayed in the middle of the garden along the center aisle. If you would like to read more, here is the link:
Sue smiles on with her beautiful roses and Griswold 1 just wonders where the heck his ice-cream is!
Of course, they found an ice-cream parlor for the "two Clarks" to indulge in!
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