Portland Rose Garden

Portland's Rose Garden features over 6,800 rose bushes representing 557 varieties of roses. It was late in the day and the light was going down but I was still able to get a few good pictures of the roses. At the end of the garden I found a hydrangea, which was in better shape then the roses this early in the season. Over twenty years ago a friend and I took a trip to Portland and we visited this garden. At 18 you don't always think about slowing down to see the beauty in things. The funny thing is twenty years later walking the same pathways as an adult I kept thinking what in the world was I doing 600 miles away from home with only my same aged partner in crime? I don't suppose I would ever let any of my children go on a 1200 mile round trip to a city as large as Portland without adult supervision. Needless to say the drive, Portland, Vancouver and the surrounding areas were beautiful I just happened to notice this time.

P.S. Mindy...we sure did have fun though didn't we? Remembering that adventure 20 years later gave me pause...thank God we made it home in one piece.