Portland Stair Walks, Mt. Calvary Cemetery

Occasionally my biking friend and I take a walk instead, and then we can include his wife, who doesn't like to bike. This morning we took two buses to get up the hill on Burnside, and got off at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. We walked up the shallow steps set into the hill and poked around the mausoleum at the top. At least they did. I poked my head in, took a breath of the heavily scented air, and explored the plants and gravestones outside instead.

We had planned to follow the Portland Stair Walks route around to another stairway, but it was foggy, windy, and starting to rain, so we decided to catch the bus back instead. They went off to Powell's and lunch at a restaurant, and I came home. Luckily the second bus came pretty quickly at the transfer point.

I'm not very adventurous on my own in terms of following directions in a guidebook, so it was good to have their company. We'll try it again sometime when the weather might be nicer. There are supposed to be good views up there. What we saw was trees artistically draped in fog. Great morning for filming a spooky movie!

Here are some photos and descriptions of Mt. Calvary Cemetery from the Portland Stair Walks kickstarter.