Finally, a blog post

 Hiya Gang,

Little Fox, Navy and Cocoa Beanie here.  As the resident tour guide at the ranch, I decided to take my pals Navy and Cocoa out for an exploration.

First stop:  Saint Stephen Church.  This church was built when the neighborhood was being developed around 1907.  Back then the neighborhood was kind of affordable, now....not so much.

A nice old church (they have lots of good google reviews as well).  Anyway, time to explore.

Ooh, this could be fun.  Of course we missed it, but perhaps we can convince the roommates to make us nachos.  Us stuffies can be very convincing when we need to. 

We found an old fire station that they turned into a fire museum. Sadly, it was closed today and the humans didn't get a picture of us in front of it.  I was a tad worried since they have this notice about the unreinforced masonry being a potential problem in an earthquake but Navy was unphased.  His words exactly: "I survived the tsunami at Mouse Island, I can tour an old building."

On our exploration we found these cool murals. 

Every stuffie chose their favorite mural.

Cool stores up and down the streets in this part of town.  Found a vintage store that had the audacity to sell this lawn chair for $39.00.  The metal bar where the back and seat meet is almost rusted out.  

Still a lot to explore.  Cidery, Acai Bowl Restaurant or see a movie (while having a beer and eating tater tots) at the neighborhood theater. 

A brisk fall walk

This morning the weather was pretty good so we decided to take a walk around the city.

So many walks to choose from we all had to share our two cents. I wanted The one through the Hollywood district but lost out on a vote. Everyone else wanted to go somewhere else. 

Off to SE Portland.  Lots of leaves still on the ground (and the ground was wet for a little fox) and even a few roses left on the rose bushes. 

Lots of cool old houses along the way. This one looks like something we would see in California, not Oregon. "Quick, take my picture before anyone comes out to shoo us away". 

Time to hit the local grocery store and get some coffee to warm up. Saw 

This neat rain collection statue thing in front of the store and begged them to take my picture. 

Now that my brisk fall city hike is over, i think i will relax with some warm hot chocolate.