So Oregon. I don't even know where to begin, because it was just the most amazing trip EVER.
Ok, I'll try to explain the trip quickly, and I will add pictures once I've downloaded them off of my camera.
May 1st: Left Nashville at 6am, landed in Portland around 12:45, caught a ride to the train station from my neighbor (from the flight) and her son, rode the train to Eugene and got there around 6:00PM. Lauren came a picked me up, we hung out a little, drove around being excited to see each other and because I actually finally made it out West, and trying to decide where my first Oregon meal would be. Bought Wailers tickets, showered, went to the Wailers show, and then went out. At some point I started to nod off at the bar, and we realized that I had been up for 24 STRAIGHT hours, and it was time to put me to bed... after we rode our bikes home.
May 2nd: woke up late and just hung around Eugene for most of the day... went to campus, rode bikes, art walk, bars. nothing big.
May 3rd: Paddling day! went paddling on the Willamette, wandered while LP had to do some job training, then drove north of Hobbit Beach on the coast and car camped.
May 4th: BIRTHDAY!!! woke up on the coast which was amazing!!!! so beautiful. Woke up to the "cliffy" Oregon coast, then drove to the sand dunes of the Oregon coast... super awesome. Dropped LP off for more training, went back to Eugene and played some Birthday ultimate, hung with Alison Hopscroft (nooga!), then passed out really ridiculous early.
May 5th: Drove to Bend and stayed in a B&B for the night and just wandered.
May 6th: Drove around central Oregon some more, stopped every chance i could so that I could take pictures, snowshoed near Waldo Lake (couldn't actually make it there because it was a 9 mile hike and not only did I not have the time, but snowshoeing isn't easy either. so just hiked for about an hour, tried to take some pictures, then went back down to the car to drive some more. Got back to Eugene, went to Blue Grass night-- not bad.
May 7th: street fair on the UO campus... pretty sweet. Cheap stuff and very Oregon. Also went and played Beer Bingo with Grant and disc golf with some of the UO Frisbee boys. Again, i can't seem to be decent at urban disc golf, but i love playing so i don't actually care. I did not terrible, but i did fall once and made an ass of myself. on top of that, i was still finding mulch embedded in my skin the following two days.
May 8th: Last day in Eugene... very sad. Hung with LP in the morning, went to Rail Jam in the afternoon. Rail Jam is a snow boarding contest that is held on the UO campus (it's actually a tour sponsored by Cricket and Cliff Bar... all over the west) and snow is trucked it. It was kinda awesome for this southern kid, and the mascot dropped in a couple of times.
May 9th and 10th: hung with Parag in Portland! it was so fun, and Portland is pretty cool. Chinese gardens, Pearl District, Hawthorne district, and the coolest bar ever! It is called Ground Kontrol, and it is a bar with full of old school arcade and pinball games. so fun... maybe the best bar the whole trip.
May 11th: flew home, but ended up spending 7 hours in the Chicago O'Hare airport because they kept canceling my flights! finally made it home today from Nashville and then had my first May-mester class tonight... it was awful...
any other details are unlikely to follow-- a phone call will be necessary.. there will be pictures with some explanations I'm sure... as soon as i get around to downloading them.
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