goodbye portland*

*Things I said (maybe out loud, maybe while crying big wet tears) as we drove to the airport this morning

Goodbye NW 23rd

Goodbye Everett

Goodbye pedestrian Ross didn't stop for

Goodbye Burnside

Goodbye Fremont Bridge

Goodbye Broadway Bridge

Goodbye Mount Hood

Goodbye "Made in Oregon" sign

Goodbye dog park in the Pearl

Goodbye Willamette River

Goodbye OHSU hill

Goodbye Powell's (Oh! Goodbye Powell's)

Goodbye ghetto Gresham

Goodbye Rocky Butte

Goodbye bridge that looks like a fish on the way to the airport

Goodbye Max

Goodbye Portland Airport, voted the best airport in the country, like, ten times

Goodbye Powell's in the airport

Goodbye "C" terminal (the best terminal, since it has the aforementioned Powell's)

And some things I didn't say, but am saying now

Goodbye Yogi and Tazo teas

Goodbye Ken's Artisan Bakery

Goodbye Zoo

Goodbye rain rain

Goodbye apartment

Goodbye incredible neighbors: Heather, Patty, and Scott, the emperor of Portland

Goodbye tomato plant

Goodbye Whole Foods in the Pearl. There will be other Whole Foods, but they won't be the same

Goodbye Street Roots newspaper and salespeople

Goodbye lovely commute

Goodbye Central Library

Goodbye Creature

Goodbye friends and family

Goodbye Ross

See you later, alligators. I've got a plane to catch