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FOCUS Associate, Kevin Chan, came up with the excellent idea of offering new international students at PSU a walking tour of Portland.
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Twenty-five new international students headed off from the PSU park blocks, walked down Broadway to Pioneer Square, and took the MAX to PGE Park. From there we walked to Eat Pizza. (Kevin must dine there often.) There was a demonstration of pizza-making and then, courtesy of the owner, we feasted on five pizzas.
We crossed Burnside to the Nob Hill district, walking along NW 23rd to Lovejoy, where we caught a Trimet street car to Jamison Square in the Pearl district. There we enjoyed some ice cream at Cool Moon Ice Cream.
Then it was on to the first FOCUS Coffee House.
Trillium Lake
Trillium Lake is on Mt Hood. You can camp there as well as use the day use area. There is a path around the lake that is approximately two miles in length. The trail is fairly level and not hard to walk. There are occasional water faucets, but the toilets are all “pit” toilets (non-flush). You will have to pay the day use fee. That fee was $6.00 per car in 2008. For pictures of the family on this trip, see Steward Family and Life.
After Trillium Lake we made a short stop at Little Zigzag Falls.