On the Road Again
Heading back to Iowa tomorrow. I’ll have company en route, my friend Nicole has some time off between jobs and spontaneously decided to join me as far as Denver, where she’ll fly back to Portland. Works for me, it’ll be great to have some company along the way and think we’ll have fun in Denver the couple days we’re there visiting Laura.
Portland’s been a grand time though, kept plenty busy and did just about everything…except find a place to live or a job, but priorities. So glad to spend time with friends, for those I didn’t catch this time I’m looking forward to seeing them when I take the train back in January. Still I managed to fit in a trip to Eugene for an Oregon game, went caving with Chris and Jenny near Mt St. Helens in the Ape cave, a volcanic tunnel of sorts. Met someone from Missoula through couchsurfing and had coffee, met some others at a Potluck I got invited to on a whim. Spent lots of time on Alberta in coffee shops and such, including a lunch at Vita with Austin and a bar crawl with a bunch of folks for Sarah’s birthday. Met Sophia for food twice, at Por Que No on Hawthorne and at the food carts downtown. Made a couple of the hash group runs around town. Got to play with about five different friend’s dogs at various points during the week. Had brunch with Whitney and a couple of her friends at the ever popular Screen Door. Biked around east side while the weather was still nice. And probably a few things in between that got lost in the shuffle.
It does make it easier to leave again knowing I’ll be back soon. And looking forward to the traditional Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ farm in Iowa.
