Saturday Market - Old Town Pizza - Brew Cycle - All in one day

Sunday was the perfect day to get outdoors and do some exploring so Allison and I walked to the MAX and took the train to the Saturday Market on Skidmore.  The market is open every Saturday and Sunday between the months of March and December and there must be at least one hundred artisans and craft persons with small shops.  Then there's food/food/food everywhere so it's easy to make this an all-day visit.  After a couple of hours at the market, we got back on MAX and headed for Old Town Pizza.  This is a darling, old and somewhat beat-up place in what might be called "the bad part of town" and we love sitting at the bar and people watching.  Yesterday, being Mother's Day they weren't very busy so we had a leisurely late lunch of pizza, beer and coffee and had lots of time to visit.

While we were sitting there we noticed something unusual out the window and we couldn't believe our eyes.  It was a wooden trolley with about ten people sitting on stools and peddling like they were on a bicycle.  Everyone hopped off and came inside for a brew and that's when the place got lively.  This is a ""bicycle" tour that stops at four brew pubs in downtown Portland.  I think that this was their second stop and they were already having lots of fun.  They spend about one half hour at each place - then they peddle to the next one.  We continue to marvel at all the interesting things that Portland has to offer.