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<\/a>St. John's Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n
In case you were curious, the St. John’s Bridge is humongous and it’s part of the route for the Portland Marathon. Seeing it in person was very cool and I feel proud of all the recent Portland Marathoners that ran that thing!<\/p>\n
Pier Park<\/p><\/div>\n We walked around the trails in the park, watched the kids racing each other on skateboards and scooters, and of course we played a little in the park too.<\/p>\n I hope the photos of the bridge pillars do the size justice. They were magnificent.<\/p>\n There were some people there canoeing. It looked like so much fun. Michael and I almost went canoeing last summer (first time for either of us) but our friends canceled and they were the ones with the canoes. I hope next summer get a chance to try it.<\/p>\n Michael was VERY excited. What can I say? I’m the best girlfriend ever. \ud83d\ude09 Check out this gluttony:<\/p>\n<\/a>The first stop on our exploration of North Portland was the Pier Park. It was an amazing, and huge, park full of old redwoods.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>There’s nothing better than spending a sunny fall day in the park like a kid!<\/p>\n<\/a>The monkey bars, the swings, the teeter-totter. Good times! After walking around Pier Park for a bit, we went to the next park in the neighborhood: Cathedral City Park. It’s the park directly underneath the St. John’s Bridge.<\/p>\n<\/a>We walked down the dock on the water and checked out the sites around the bridge. It was such a gorgeous day!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Yes, that is the bridge pillar and that’s Michael standing there. Huge!<\/p>\n<\/a>I had to climb up a bit just to get to it. After the Cathedral Park we drove down Marine Drive<\/a> (where we used to ride our bikes to train!) to the Smith Bybee Wetlands.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>We wandered around the wetlands for a bit but didn’t spend too much time there. I was getting tired. And hungry! I think my workout <\/a>from Saturday was finally catching up to my stomach. I even agreed to have PIZZA for dinner! And not even the deLite low calorie kind of pizza.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>I had 1 1\/2 slices of pizza.<\/p>\n<\/a>The pizza is just too thick to eat two full slices.<\/p>\n<\/a>I also had a salad.<\/p>\n