Day 41 - (08/28) Portland, OR ... Day 3

Tim, Elizabeth, Jacob and Anna returned from camping around noon. We all scurried around in an effort to get the children ready to attend parties and the adults ready to attend a Garrison Keillor - Prairie Home Companion concert at the Portland Zoo.

The concert was open-air, sold out and seating was on a first-come, first-seated basis. We (Dick & Carol) left for the zoo at 2:45pm in order to get good seats for a 7:00pm concert. We took the TriMet light-rail from a nearby station. The ride was fun, economical and very convenient ... we got off right at the zoo. We waited in line for about 35 minutes before we could get into the zoo, then waited in line for another hour before we could get into the concert area. That's a lot of waiting, but we did get good places to sit. Tim and Elizabeth joined us at about 5:20pm and we had a picnic dinner before the show.

Garrison Keillor and cast began performing at 7:00 and continued nonstop until at least 9:30. They even performed through an intermission where attendees were encouraged to stand, stretch, visit the restroom and get refreshments. The performance was as funny and varied as you can imagine.

The night got cold and the ground got hard as the performance continued. We were happy to stand and walk to the TriMet station when the performance ended. We got home about 11:15pm. We were weary, but were very happy to have had the experience.

Map Tracks

None for today.