Walking Portland neighborhoods is such a treat.

What a great shot!

I think this ranks very high among my favorites of your walks and rides.

You bet. It was my pleasure, and a chance to pay forward the times friends drove us out in the past. You left a few days too soon though! Yesterday was incredible here.

Yes, there is. I’m too reserved to have ever felt at home in one of these groups, but I always enjoyed observing them. I think my favorites are the ones you see in many places in Europe, groups of sedentary old men or women sitting around the edge of a piazza chatting away and watching the world go by.

Seems as though there's a codger klatch everywhere, if you know where to look.

There's a lot of comfort in old familiar, well-worn haunts isn't there?

Scott, thank you again for the ride to the airport. I’m so happy you’re back on two wheels again!

Oh my gosh! It’s so great to be out again. I went out for a relaxed ride along the river today and it was incredible. It feels like I’ve been made whole again.

Welcome back, it’s been disappointing not finding any new entries the last couple of days! Glad you’re at the end of the bike ban and the cold. Enjoy getting back on your bike

Tucson in the winter wouldn't be bad, unfortunately not a prophetic dream.

Yes, but not right away. I’m going to ease into things, and besides it’s chilly enough here that climbing doesn’t sound appealing. We’ll be down south soon enough.

Good luck on your first spin! Are you going to test your ticker on some hills?

Oh, I’m glad you said that. My reaction was that it reminded me of the bridges designed by Calatrava up in the Basque region, but I hadn’t made the connection. Calatrava also was a principal designer of some of the Valencia structures, which I hadn’t noticed before. It’s pretty obvious though now that I look again.

Ah, those famous taped boxes!

Sort of similar in style to the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, dontcha think?