RVs and cities don't mix!

I can't recall which Star Trek movie it was,  but you may recall that their ship landed somewhere in the city (NYC?) the crew was totally out of their element.  Amusing concept for a movie but when reality hits and you find yourself driving the NTRPRZ RV through the city of Portland, it's not that funny; it is adventurous!
I've lived, worked and driven in cities throughout the years and am pretty darn good at parallel parking and navigating through tight city streets in a CAR,  but it is only slight preparation for getting a 21 foot RV in and out of city parking lots and parking garages are out of the question due to height restrictions.  So instead on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we drove around the city hoping I didn't miss a corner light or stop sign while looking for two street parking spaces.  after passing many awesome single spots close to the Portland Market, we opted for two open street spaces about 4 blocks away and fed both meters for 90 minutes knowing we'd be walking back shortly to replenish them for another 90.   but it's all good. The city is alive,  slight mist in the air and our legs are getting a good stretch.

Before heading to our RV camping for the night, Jose walked back to check on the pups while I stood in line at Voodoo Doughnuts for an hour.   This is a great people watching venue and the donuts are pretty decent. There was a rude woman who cut into the line out of nowhere and of all things she tried to schmooze me into letting her in front of me. When I wouldn't, she actually called me rude and stated loudly that I must not be from Portland and wherever I was from must have very mean people.  I just wanted to crack up!

We still enjoyed the sights and sounds so much (the food carts, the vendors, the art and craftwork,  street musicians, the oddities,  families, and dogs galore) that we decided to rent a compact car for a couple more days and see some of the other attractions without struggling with the RV.  Anyway,  there were quite the sights to see and many dressing and acting weird just to be weird not really be unique which seems to be what they're striving for.  Anyhoo...kinda weird city but interesting and worth the experience.