Seven Days in Portland
Portland, Oregon

Seven Days in Portland

Milwaukie, blackberries, and meeting Azi for the first time

July 18–24, 20267 days25 stops66 photos and clips
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Portland, Oregon · 2026

Seven Days in Portland

Milwaukie, blackberries, and meeting Azi for the first time

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Highlights

A week with the Portland side of the family, mostly within a mile of Roger and Devorah's new house. Scottie and Mari met their cousin Azi, went bowling for the first time, and ate a truly unreasonable number of ninety-nine cent ice cream cones. Nobody planned much. It turned out great anyway.

Where we went

Day by day

Day 1

Burbank to Portland

Saturday, July 18

An early flight with two small kids and more bags than hands. Landed mid-afternoon, went straight to Roger and Devorah's new place to see it, then to the Airbnb in Milwaukie.

  1. Hollywood Burbank Airport

    2:08pmauto

    Flying to Portland.

  2. Portland International Airport

    4:19pmauto
  3. Roger & Devorah's

    5:30pm

    Straight from the airport. No photos from this one.

  4. The Airbnb

    7:45pm

    Checked in for the week.

Day 2

Meeting Azi

Sunday, July 19

Morning at the grandparents' house, where Scottie and Mari met their cousin Azi for the first time. He is four months old. In the afternoon we walked down to the Milwaukie food carts and watched the World Cup final outside.

  1. The Airbnb

    8:01am

    Ten minutes from Roger and Devorah's.

  2. Roger & Devorah's

    8:44am

    The new house.

  3. The Airbnb

    11:51am
  4. Milwaukie Food Carts

    1:33pm

    World Cup final on a screen outside.

Day 3

The zoo, then a train

Monday, July 20

Devorah came with us to the Oregon Zoo. Late afternoon we found Mike's Drive-In, where the ice cream cones are ninety-nine cents and a freight train goes by close enough to feel.

  1. The Airbnb

    6:41am
  2. Oregon Zoo

    9:47amauto

    Went with Devorah.

  3. Mike's Drive-In

    3:15pmauto

    Ninety-nine cent ice cream, and a train goes by.

  4. Roger & Devorah's

    4:40pm
Day 4

OMSI with Auntie Em

Tuesday, July 21

Emery and Azi met us at OMSI. Afternoon back at the grandparents' house.

  1. OMSI

    11:26am

    Went with Emery and Azi.

  2. Dairy Hill

    1:44pmauto

    Ice cream on the way back.

  3. Roger & Devorah's

    6:08pm
Day 5

Trilliums, then bowling

Wednesday, July 22

Tryon Creek in the morning, moss and trilliums. Then the kids' first time bowling at Milwaukie Bowl, and dinner there. Sampson met us at Mike's afterward for ice cream.

  1. The Airbnb

    6:57am
  2. Tryon Creek

    9:02am

    Trilliums along the trail.

  3. Milwaukie Bowl

    3:55pmauto

    First time bowling for both kids. Dinner here too.

  4. Mike's Drive-In

    6:11pmauto

    Sampson met us here.

Day 6

Downtown, and a bucket of blackberries

Thursday, July 23

Powell's in the morning. Walked to Pioneer Courthouse Square for food cart lunch and art in the square, then rode the MAX one stop. Afternoon at Emery's, picking blackberries. Food carts again for dinner.

  1. Powell's City of Books

    10:15am

    Reading in the kids' section. No photos from this one.

  2. Pioneer Courthouse Square

    12:20pmauto

    Food cart lunch and art in the square.

  3. MAX Red Line

    1:10pm

    One stop on the train.

  4. Emery's house

    2:29pm

    Then a walk to pick blackberries.

  5. The blackberry fence

    4:55pm

    Down the road from Emery's.

  6. Milwaukie Food Carts

    6:27pm

    Last dinner of the trip.

Day 7

A bonked head, and home

Friday, July 24

Mari fell out of bed and hit her head, so Allie and Devorah took her to the ER. Marc and Scottie packed up the Airbnb and spent the last hours in Roger's backyard finding blackberries. We met at the airport and flew home.

Where we stayed

The Airbnb in Milwaukie

Ardenwald, Milwaukie

Ten minutes' walk from Roger and Devorah's.

July 18–24, 2026

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