On my first visiting trip to Portland back in April of 2010 (when I first met the Schoonover and Enos clans), I fell in love with a picture I saw at the Saturday Market downtown on the river. I kept seeing it pop up over and over in many different photo booths all over the outdoor market. I finally asked one fellow what this picture was and where it was taken. He shared his secrets with me so this was another of the must visit places on my list.
When mom was visiting in Seattle we wanted to drive the coast a little as well as introduce her to all these Oregon people I talk so much about. We took a day trip to Portland to meet them for lunch. On the way out of town, mom asked if there was anything else I wanted to see while we were here. Um... yes please!!
We found ourselves at the St John's Bridge in Cathedral Park in Portland, OR.
The construction of the bridge began a month before the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and provided many county residents with employment during the Great Depression. Because of its proximity to the Swan Island Municipal Airport, some government officials wanted the bridge painted yellow with black stripes. County officials waited until St. Patrick's Day 1931 to announce that it would be painted green.
(This is a picture I stole from the internet so we could all see what the whole bridge looks like.)
From Cathedral Park under the bridge.
This of course is raw (as in no photoshop) so it doesn't quite look exactly like the framed art that I saw in the Saturday Market, but this is the exact same picture that has made this bridge so popular with fellow Oregonians.
Cathedral Park again. Pretty nice during the day but I probably wouldn't be caught here at night. It is in the industrial area where all the weirdos come out at night.
Where the suspension bridge soars over the Willamette River.
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