Day 10 already? Surely can't be.
Today's weather hasn't been kind but, after a wander by the Willamette and downtown,
we ran away from the rain into the Portland Art Museum for some very fine Native American artefacts, especially the below feast-boat.
Curiously, the date attributed to many of them was a vague and rather dismissive "pre-contact", although equally some satchels, moccasins and cradles (some alarmingly attached to skis, and apparently the hapless baby's home for its first year!) looked so pristine that they could've been made yesterday.
Later, we braved the drizzle at the Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary for a squelchy but pretty walk, and an up-close-and-personal encounter with Ruby the rescued turkey vulture (much prettier than she sounds and with impeccable grooming manners).
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