While at the Saturday Market mom and I saw a "parade" going over the overpass above us. We laughed and chalked it up to Portland being....well...Portland. People being crazy having fun! As we were walking back to the Max we noticed a gathering of people so we investigated. It was the Urban Iditarod! Our lucky day! It is one of the 365 things to do in Portland!!! Teams dress up (and I mean dress up, not just dig something out of your closet...like all out!!!) and every team has a shopping cart, all team members must be attached to the shopping cart with one in the lead. They had every kind of theme you can imagine. A lot being totally inappropriate and politically incorrect. It is actually a pub crawl so, even though it was early afternoon, everyone was pretty wasted. T hey all get their drinks and play around until they get a text telling them where the next bar is (within a two mile radius) and then they are off and running...and I mean running. Get the hell out of way after I've had a few drinks kind of running! As we were getting on the Max we saw some teams running across the Max tracks. You know...how you are running, pushing a cart as fast as you can across tracks...and BAM! You just stop, everything flies out of your cart, and you, being the idiot you are, having to get down on your hands and knees and pick everything up as the MAX is coming. Holy cow. Some good serious people watching!!! I'm so glad we investigated!!!!
Playing games while waiting. Totally inappropriate mostly...
Off they goooo...
Watch out...they are off...the poor security people!
Doling out Goldfish as snacks with your beer.
Ninja turtles
Rock band
smurfs
Gothic gals who are actually for reals, roasting a real life pig on their shopping cart.
While at the Saturday Market mom and I saw a "parade" going over the overpass above us. We laughed and chalked it up to Portland being....well...Portland. People being crazy having fun! As we were walking back to the Max we noticed a gathering of people so we investigated. It was the Urban Iditarod! Our lucky day! It is one of the 365 things to do in Portland!!! Teams dress up (and I mean dress up, not just dig something out of your closet...like all out!!!) and every team has a shopping cart, all team members must be attached to the shopping cart with one in the lead. They had every kind of theme you can imagine. A lot being totally inappropriate and politically incorrect. It is actually a pub crawl so, even though it was early afternoon, everyone was pretty wasted. T hey all get their drinks and play around until they get a text telling them where the next bar is (within a two mile radius) and then they are off and running...and I mean running. Get the hell out of way after I've had a few drinks kind of running! As we were getting on the Max we saw some teams running across the Max tracks. You know...how you are running, pushing a cart as fast as you can across tracks...and BAM! You just stop, everything flies out of your cart, and you, being the idiot you are, having to get down on your hands and knees and pick everything up as the MAX is coming. Holy cow. Some good serious people watching!!! I'm so glad we investigated!!!!
Playing games while waiting. Totally inappropriate mostly...
Off they goooo...
Watch out...they are off...the poor security people!
Doling out Goldfish as snacks with your beer.
Ninja turtles
Rock band
smurfs
Gothic gals who are actually for reals, roasting a real life pig on their shopping cart.
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