My son and I brought our dog to visit my daughter who is going to school in Portland, and this made for the perfect home base to enjoy meals and sleep!
To get to the shared fenced yard, exit the front door and turn right, cross the paved driveways between the White House and the red house, go in through the gate next to the two garage doors under another rental unit. It was a bit confusing figuring it out when we arrived, but maybe that was from the long drive? We didn’t want to randomly enter a neighbors yard 😅.
There are a few rentals sharing one large fenced yard, (so smart, I wonder if I could get my neighbors to do the same?!)the others have doors that let out directly into the yard.
One of the other rentals inside the fenced yard had a nice couple and their dog, also from Bellingham! Our dogs had a great time playing over the weekend.
There is off street parking to the right of the white house, but it is not paved so maybe it is only seasonally allowed?
Gabriel park is close by and has a couple of dog parks, one for Winter use and one for spring and summer.
Great Portland restaurants (Tin Shed, Babica Cafe, Pho Nguyen, Grassa) supplied the take out we brought back to eat in the sweet orchard while listening to the birds chirp and the dogs run free. We ordered big meals and reheated the leftovers in the well stocked kitchen.
The bed was comfy, my son found the couch to be his favorite place to sleep!