It was foggy when we woke up this morning. I still can't believe how much room we have in our suite. It can be 2 separate rooms. We stayed around until 10:15 because we wanted to check in to Southwest. I got B40 on the PDX to STL flight and A39 on the STL to PDX. We had an easy drive to Portland. We went over to Salem then up I-5. It was a Friday afternoon and the highway was full. We chose to go up I-205 around Portland and to our Comfort suites at 1 PM. We inquired and as luck would have it we they gave us a room which we used to drop off our bags. We walked to McDonalds for lunch then hopped onto the MAX Red line and went out to the Rose Garden leaving our car at a park and ride one mile from the hotel. We met some character who seemed somewhat insecure and sat near us as we went to Washington Park. He had stories of his road trip across the country, none of which was believable. We enjoyed the Rose garden once again. So much had changed with the blooms. At one time Libbie thought we saw it at peak a few weeks ago. I doubt it. We did an hour of walking then decided to take Max back. It was slow going back since they reported a car on the tracks at 122nd st which slowed the system down. It was still OK. We met a cute Mexican girl who wanted some assistance with train routes. She didn't say where she was going but she stayed close to us. I thought she was pretty cute and hope she wasn't in trouble. When we got back we went out to dinner at Bistro 21 and also filled up the gas tank to return the car. Gas was 3.09 which was not great but we filled the tank as obligated. I had spare ribs for dinner with a very nice craft lager. Libbie had a cheese sandwich and cup of tomato basil soup. Wow, her bread was tasty. It was just the right amount of food for the both of us. At the hotel a large tour bus from MN had unloaded the passengers for the night at our hotel.