Days of Our intrepid travel editor goes west


in search of his own inner-Portland Ken Alan


A sampler at Loyal Legion all photos credit: Ken Alan


84 November  December 2015


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ven upon its aerial approach through clear skies,Portland, Oregon shows itself off as being unlike any other American city I’ve ever seen; a coniferous-green carpet


undulating below my airplane’s wings, leading up to the nearby Cascade Range,which rises in greeting.


Majestic Mt.Hood stands like a stoic, snow-capped sentinel to the north.And there, just to his east, is famed Mount St.Helens in all her pyroclastic glory.


Never have I enjoyed an airport’s approach as much as this one:The scenery from outside my plane’s window is like some National Geographic centerfold gone elevated and primeval.


Dubbed“Rose City”in 1888,Portland’s vibrantly-prickly plantings have become perennially-synonymous with this city of many neigh- borhoods, which are all evolving into one of the country’s most desirable locales in which to live,work,play and visit.


Portland’s Pan Pacific situation is a much-cherished one by residents here amid the wilds of The Cascades,yet within a sea spray whiff away from the western-side ocean. In warmer months, the region can resemble San Diego in summer - cool and dry - although it remains misty throughout much of the year like some American version of a fog-shrouded Notting Hill,one of London’s most charming sections.


“A little bit different,”is ultimately how visitors bureau’s president and CEO Jeff Miller fromTravel Portland proudly summarizes his hometown.


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