A sunny day today in Troutdale at the West end of the Gorge. One of Troutdale's best features is McMenamin's Edgefield, the former county poor farm; now a hotel, restaurant, and pub complex, site of outdoor concerts in the summer and general merry making all year round.
(on Halsey Blvd near 238th)
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| The Little Red Shed is one of the mini-bars on the property |
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Edgefield has its own vegetable garden, where this purple broccoli is growing and where the giant raised bed shown below is located.
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| Mr. Thornsby admires the raised bed with baby beets in it |
Much of the landscaping includes native plants such as this bracken fern just emerging.
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| The Distillery is located next to the start of the golf course |
Edgefield is a favorite spot of unicorns. What's up with the unicorn? Mr. Thornsby is the mascot of a nearby Natural Resources Academy (known as the NRA) and was named by Temo Medina in the following award winning 55-word limited essay:
"Mr. Thornsby is my unicorn - he hates everyone except for me and the NRA. He eats anything with thorns. He's the master of all unicorns. He does everyone's 90 hour project. When you need to stay on campus he flips your car over. His name is Mr. because he's like a teacher but cooler."
'nuff said.
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