My Memorial Day weekend was incredible!! My friend Nick was in town, and he joined me and 6 friends on a road trip to Oregon. First we drove to Portland, and enjoyed a sweet concert by the one and only Avett Brothers! It was a really long show, high energy, and the venue was a ballroom with springy wood floors....lots of fun for bouncing as part of a giant crowd! Then I dropped off Nick and the rest of us made our way east for a day of hiking Eagle Creek trail, near the Columbia River Gorge. It was awesome!! Pictures will do better justice than my words...it was even more stunning than I expected. Walking along sheer cliffs, past waterfalls, over suspension bridges...we hiked, then swam in the freezing glacial water, and finished out our 6 miles walking behind Tunnel Falls. Of course that left us with 6 miles to hike back...it was beautiful. We then camped out at the good ole KOA, and met some interesting folks there, haha :) And Monday made our way out to the ocean! We stopped in Tillamook for some delicious, cheap ice cream, then hit the beach. A few of us immediately jumped in the ocean, and it was amazing...felt like a drug or something, I couldn't stop smiling, and twirling, and leaping through the waves, lol. Cold, but delightful.
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We're actually so excited about the sunny 70 degree weather a group of us are headed back to the coast for a day and night of sunning/swimming/camping. I love being this close ocean, mountains, etc. etc.
In other news, work is going well! Some days are better than others, but this week was a good one. We're all getting ready for a big event coming up in 2 weeks. They feel bad for the hecticness of work lately, so we got to leave early yesterday, and today they bought us pizza and drinks...they take good care of us VISTAs :) And Kym and I discovered that if we walk outside our office up a few flight of stairs there is a balcony with a killer view of Mt. Rainier. So that's our new favorite lunch/sun break spot!
I am happy. So happy. I love Seattle. I love my friends here...and now I am in the process of moving to a new house. I will find out tonight if I got one room in particular, and if so (my fingers are crossed!) I'll move this weekend. It's cheap, and cute, and clean, with a beautiful back yard, in a great neighborhood. We'll see!
Happy almost-summer to everyone, I hope you'll be in touch if you read this :) Hugs and smiles...haha, that is so hokey I know. But I mean it!!!
