All things Chris and Sarah: Only in Portland

There has been so much going on lately and I have, once again, fallen behind on our blog. lol I think that is a good thing. Chris and I have been exploring the fabulous city of Portland. There are so many unique eccentricities to this city and I want to share them with those we love.

First I wanted to do a comparison of Portland and Oklahoma City

The population of Portland is 583,776 and the population of OKC is 110, 925. The area of Portland is 133.42 square miles and OKC is 178.76 square miles. That means that there are 4,375.2 people per square mile in Portland compared to only 620.5 people per square mile in OKC. The percentage of Native Americans in Portland is 1% and OKC and 4.7%. OKC has a higher percentage of educated people by 3% (41.1% v. 44.0%) the median household income is $3,600 higher in Portland ($48,831 v $45,209) and the poverty level is only .4% higher in Oklahoma City. It is so neat to look at the differences between these two cities.

This is one of my most favorite pictures of Portland, so far. I wanted to show how there are 9 bridges in Portland. It is absolutely lovely and really unique. Each bridge is completely different. Some are double layered. One of the highways here is called 405 (which is really ironic). Last week the city of Portland closed the 405 double-layered bridge for a HUGE bicycle race. Chris and I were headed to Seattle to see his mother when we got stuck in 45 minutes of traffic before we could even get out of Portland. We had no idea! We took the picture below. I'm not sure if you all will be able to see all of the cyclers on the other side of the highway but it was really neat to see. Terrible traffic but neat to see lol

Portland is also known as the city of roses. This is another irony not lost on me. There are lovely roses all over the city. For those of you who may not know my middle name is rose and roses are my most favorite flower. This is an even neater coincidence.

This is a famous sign in Portland and probably one of my most favorite attractions in this city.

The only big land mark I can even kind of use for directions is Mt. Hood. This was really the only clear picture I could use. On most streets you can't really see any landmarks because of the trees so I spend most of my days lost lol. Chris is trying to teach me but I still only can get to a handful of places without help from him or the GPS. I think he secretly likes it. lol

Here are they first few pictures Chris sent me of our apartment:

The pictures below are how the rooms look now. I am so stinking excited to finally be settled in. The apartment looks great and we are finally getting into a pretty steady routine.