4T Trail (but not on a Sunday)

At least not on a Sunday between September and June!

A few weeks ago, I am not even sure when it was now, we headed into Portland to tackle the 4T trail.  We've had such a beautiful Autumn here and I'd been wanting to do it for a while.  In case you are wondering, 4T stands for trail, tram, trolley, train.  It's a pretty cool thing, actually, and we really enjoyed it.  The only problem was that the whole reason my kids (and husband) were AMPED for it was that they'd been wanted to ride that aerial OHSU tram ever since it was built a few years ago.  After the 4 mile hike we were so excited to do the whole 'tram' thing, but it doesn't run on Sundays!  SO disappointing.  So we hiked a bit longer, into downtown Portland, took a shortened trolley ride, hung around Pioneer Courthouse Square for a few minutes and then rode the train back to the zoo, where our car was parked.

My Motley Crew taking a little break.

It was kind of like a scavenger hunt watching for all the 4T signs- kids loved it!

Stopped for a little map reading.

The Fall scenery was breathtaking.

Once we realized we couldn't do the tram we walked some more.  Everyone (except me) was surprisingly good spirited about the whole thing, considering.  I was admittedly pouty and grumpy about it.  They all gave me some space.

The trolley was cool though.

So was Pioneer Courthouse Square.  We definitely don't get these babies to downtown Portland enough.

It was a good time.  We'll definitely have to do it again.  But not on a Sunday!