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I decided to knock out the Linnton neighborhood stairs. There are ten or so, ranging from 10-180 steps. I'd spent a frustrating night trying to plot where the stairs where in my stairs book on an actual map. I creeped google street view, nada. I googled for info, and got broken links and broken images.
So, I just tossed myself at Linnton to see if I could find them. I found the problem - the stairs start/end at the sidewalk and the sidewalk is not at street level:
The location info in the book was a bit obtuse, but the reason why street view was no help was because it's street view, the stairs were out of the shots.
Real photo post later, but for now a cell phone shot from my lunch spot. I do love an overgrown staircase, but this was a lot:
If I found them all, and I think I did, that was ~850 steps up and also the same number down.
On the way home I hooped off the bus early because there's a coffee shop on the edge of residential Portland in a converted space. Real cute outdoor area, always wanted to try it. They had big pictures of iced coffee and iced tea in the windows so I went in to order an iced coffee. Sounded great after tromping up and down hundreds of stairs in the heat. They had no iced coffee. No tea either. So, I looked at their menu and saw drip coffee and I saw oatmilk as a creamer option. So I asked for drip coffee with oatmilk. Lady said they didn't serve drip coffee either, but she could make me a latte? I just turned around and left, leaving her to yell 'ma'am... MA'AM!' after me. But like... they don't have the drinks they have pictures of in the windows... the barista gave me a weird look for asking for an item on the menu? I just was not in the mood for whatever was going on there.
So, I just tossed myself at Linnton to see if I could find them. I found the problem - the stairs start/end at the sidewalk and the sidewalk is not at street level:
The location info in the book was a bit obtuse, but the reason why street view was no help was because it's street view, the stairs were out of the shots.
Real photo post later, but for now a cell phone shot from my lunch spot. I do love an overgrown staircase, but this was a lot:
If I found them all, and I think I did, that was ~850 steps up and also the same number down.
On the way home I hooped off the bus early because there's a coffee shop on the edge of residential Portland in a converted space. Real cute outdoor area, always wanted to try it. They had big pictures of iced coffee and iced tea in the windows so I went in to order an iced coffee. Sounded great after tromping up and down hundreds of stairs in the heat. They had no iced coffee. No tea either. So, I looked at their menu and saw drip coffee and I saw oatmilk as a creamer option. So I asked for drip coffee with oatmilk. Lady said they didn't serve drip coffee either, but she could make me a latte? I just turned around and left, leaving her to yell 'ma'am... MA'AM!' after me. But like... they don't have the drinks they have pictures of in the windows... the barista gave me a weird look for asking for an item on the menu? I just was not in the mood for whatever was going on there.
