There is a large homeless population in Portland but although they made us sad they did not antagonize us. We went a little early and had a day to walk the river and cross the bridges and go downtown. There are many things to do there but we just wanted to wander. Masks are mandatory but not outside. ...
Portland is a fun city with great parks and outdoor activities. The Saturday Market is fun and has excellent crafts. Portland also has wonderful restaurants. In our experience, the people were very friendly. ...
The dock is 45 minutes from downtown. No services around port. Another ship from ACL 'side-tied' to our ship; their passengers walked through our ship; I could reach over the balcony and shake hands with passengers on other ship. ...
We enjoyed staying at the Red Lion Hotel. We had dinner and breakfast there before getting on the boat. It was a long ride from the Portland Airport to this Hotel. We were welcomed and given further details about boarding the Riverboat, etc. ...
If you have the option for the WAAM (auto and airplane museum) in Hood River, take it. We could have spent considerably more time there. It was fascinating and had a lot of great exhibits. ...
