Crazy Wedding Day (Sat-Jun 30)

So today was the reason this whole trip took place. Some last minute running around before the wedding at 5pm. Deb and I went up the street to a Starbucks and had a relaxing cup of Joe. We kept seeing big pink/purple boxes going by on the street with "VooDoo Donuts" printed on the side. This is a cult doughnut shop in Portland and their signature doughnut is the "Maple Bacon Log". Fortunately when we walked by, the line extended a couple blocks so we dodged the calorie bullet on that one. They are quite the talk of the town.
We drove out to Pam's house again (she just can't lose us) to meet her daughter who we knew way back when and we all went out for lunch at a local burger / diner place. I thanked Pam again for storing my bike until August when (as far as we know) Deb and I plan to go out and spend some time driving/riding around Portland/Seattle and then I am going to ride back east on the Beemer. Not sure the details yet(Pam really isn't ever going to get rid of us!!) We drove to the airport and dropped off the rental car (forgot to put gas in and had to go back out to avoid buying the $9 per gallon rental company gas) and then figured out the Max, which is Portland's metro. Very easy, clean, on time, etc. We headed back to the hotel and I suited up for the wedding. Brett (the groom) and others were leaving the hotel for the wedding at the same time so we all rode the Max to the park where the wedding was going on. My niece Beverly was marrying Brett, an amazingly nice guy, and she was marrying into a very nice group of family and friends. The wedding was beautiful and Beverly and I fended off nervousness walking down the aisle thinking of Thunder Cats and Smurfs respectively. The ceremony was beautiful and the after party was great and I spent all the time I could getting to meet or catching up with everyone at the wedding. Some of my long lost nieces and nephews were there and it was great to catch up with them. We begged out of the late after party (which went til 3am) and crashed back at the hotel. We were beat, but this was a great bookend to a fantastic trip. OK maybe a little more adventure to come...