Pub Crawl: NW and SE

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:59:59 -800

Saturday, we decided that Clay was in good enough shape to take him all over
the town. First, we hit the Japanese Gardens in Forest Park, wandering around
amid tiny, well-manicured trees, zen gardens full of raked sand, waterfalls,
streams, and the like. For the most part, the garden is what I'd expect out of
a Japanese garden, except that it's built into the hillside that makes up
Forest Park. That trait in particular adds to the aura of the garden, as
you're effectively walled in with a mountain of green to one side. If it
wasn't for the view of downtown Portland poking through the trees, it'd be as
if one had been transported to a remote place somewhere in the middle of Japan.