Last day in Portland, most of it was taken up with a roadtrip along the Oregon coast and into Seattle late afternoon. But before we left, we had to get another taste of Portland food.

Between Seattle and Portland, each city has it’s strengths and weaknesses, but when it comes to food we definitely feel Portland just slays. Maybe if I were a huge seafood fan I’d better appreciate Seattle’s food scene, and their scene is no slouch, but the options in Portland genuinely made me excited just so much more often. Maybe even more than Bay Area…

Once on the road, I wanted to swing by Tillamook’s factory for some of their ice cream. Unfortunately, we chose the one day that they were filming a new commercial. They were letting a limited few in at a time for a factory tour, but the food was closed until they wrapped up their shoot which was indefinite. So being mindful of the distance we needed to cover, we decided not to wait and went straight to the coast.

I don’t know if it’s normally like this or we just got lucky with a break from the weather, but the moment we got to the coast the sun really came out and turned the whole place into Studio Ghibli level beauty. We had to stop at Cannon Beach of course and after stretching our legs a bit and a great lunch, we got back on the road to Seattle.

After checking in we grabbed some nice warm ramen and then walked around Capital Hill for a bit. Had to swing by a Starbucks of course, but this is one location that (as long as the crowds aren’t crazy) I don’t mind going to. Afterwards we drove up to Kerry Park for a good view of the city before turning in for the night.