I would add to M's post that we had a long discussion about whether the most interesting part of our visits is the route we take getting there.  S said she thinks she's been there 3 times and has gone a different way each time. I am definitely ready to start meeting some people, but am [...]

  For this trip to South Waterfront, I entered via the Portland Streetcar. This is the fourth time that I have been to South Waterfront, and the second time I've entered via the Streetcar. The other two times have been on foot. In all trips, the entry under the Marquam Bridge feels like I'm passing through [...]

(Free-writes are a creative action utilised by the M.O.S.T. to explore trains of thought. A subject is proposed, and then that subject is written on for ten minutes without editorializing. This is my free-write from our recent South Waterfront field trip. -M) South Waterfront sure seems to be carved out of nothing - right as you get [...]

On our first visit, the OST didn't quite make it far enough south.  We ended up in a place that looked like this: