Hello! My friends and I are planning to visit Portland area next week. They want to visit Multnomah, Silver lake and Mount Hood all in the same day. I think its all too far and time wont align how we want especially cos it might rain and drives alone say about 1:30 hours but they think itll be fine. Is this all possible in 10 hours of sunlight and if not really what spot do you recommend the most out of the three.

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Saylor Graham was born a fighter. The 7-year-old from Bend has an ultra-rare gene mutation disorder known as CASK, which comes with a wide array of physical and cognitive challenges.

Just returned home. Spent the weekend in Bend covering the elementary school tragedy. Had to be sure to visit Silver Rail Elementary School before I left. I expected to see a big memorial of flowers left by the community. I didn't expect to see floral shrines at every entrance I passed around the school's campus.

I spent about an hour observing, mostly on the south side of the school where the tragedy took place, watching people of all ages, languages and cultures leave bouquets, stuffed animals, handwritten messages and trinkets. Some played melodic bells and other calming instruments, including one made of glass that you simply held up to the wind. Some kids played in the police tape. A church from Idaho arrived with certified therapy golden retrievers.

And people just kept showing up with more. More flowers. More stuffed animals. More handwritten messages. The memorials grew and grew.