I have posted more pictures of my adventures in Portland. The picture above is the Hawthorne Hostel that I have been staying at. It has an Eco-Roof that provides all the water for the toilets. The planter beds above the front patio collect rain water and feed it holding tanks. The excess filters through the stacked beds on the left and finally back underground to the natural water table. The hostel's electricity comes from 100% renewable resources like wind and solar. All trash is either recycled or composted which gives this hostel an extremely small environmental footprint. Its amazing how ahead of the curve Portland is when it comes to smart environmental practices.
Tonight will be my last night here in Portland. It's surprisingly hard to leave this place but I definitely want to continue up the coast and check out Seattle. If weather permits, I am going to try to play a round of golf in Gearhart before heading up to Olympic National Park. Olympic is so huge that it is hard to decide which part of the park I want to see. I am probably going to stop at the Hoh Rainforest area because I think it should be a very different and spectacular area when compared to a standard forest. It's a combination of alpine forest and rain forest. As long as the rain isn't extreme it should make for some great hiking. After Olympic I'm going to continue to Seattle.
You can follow the same link as before to check out the new pictures (just in case you have it bookmarked). If not, here's the link again...
http://picasaweb.google.com/howemobile
"Topographically speaking, volcanoes are sort of like Earth zits."
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