Summertime exploring

 Hiya Blog World,
Little Fox, Navy and Cocoa Beanie here.  Today, I decided take take my esteemed guests on a hike to one of Portland's most famous homes.  Pittock Mansion.  Built in 1914, 46 rooms, and sits on 46 acres of prime land.  The flowers on the property are amazing.  Sequoia is off to the left enjoying a well needed break from our hike on the grass. 

What a day and what a garden.

The house is pretty amazing too.  It took 5 years to build and has many luxuries.  Central vacuum system, elevator, intercoms, indirect lighting etc.  The house was owned by the family until they wanted to sell it in the 1950s and there were no interested buyers.  Severe damage from a storm and no interested buyers provided the City of Portland with a perfect opportunity to save the house.  In 1965 (after a 15 month renovation) the house opened back up as a museum and park. 

Hard to beat the weather today - of course you can drive up here and park but us stuffies are hardy and we decided to park for free and hike 2 miles up.

Off to our next adventure