Today Monica and I explored the neighborhoods of Portland that we’d yet to really visit: Multnomah Village, Lake Oswego, and St. John’s (actually a second visit for me). We started the day with a leisurely hike in Tyron Creek State Natural… Area (let’s just call it a park), drove through the above neighborhoods, and finished up at CloudForest Chocolate. We picked up Z at his usual time, and he suspected nothing. He did point out that there were far fewer kids in his class today, and he asked about Monica’s hiking boots on the drop off this morning, but his curiosity was in passing.