Too pretty to ignore

A great cup o' Joe

And then time stood still

Gorge, you're such a dork!!

Light at the end of the tunnel..

DOES exist!!!!!

Oh the places will will go!!

...and the places we have already been...

Nevada sure is purty..

Beaches!!... what did you just call me??!!

Cuz I can..

I like that I drink root beers in seedy pubs...
next thing you know, I'll be asking for milk. . in a dirty glass.

<3

Mt Angel, Oregon

Decided to look for old churches and historic buildings in the vicinity of Portland. I came upon Mt Angel, just about a 40 min drive south. Beautiful Germantown, with neat little shops. An abby sat at the top of the hill, where there was a neat little graveyard. Farther along the back, hidden actually, was another graveyard. The upkeep on this one was next to none, and I wonder why most of the graves belonged to women...

Would have gotten there sooner...

But I seem to have a thing for stopping at EVERY rest stop along the way... <3

GPS Adventures

On the way back from Wheeler, I thought I had left early enough to have time to get to work after stopping in Astoria for a while. I was wrong. I would have been right, had the GPS not sent me on a wild adventure. I didn't want to take the 26, as it's super windy and slippery, so i thought I would go back the way I came, down from Washington and then the 30. Well, damn, after going up a mountain somewhere in Washington and not recognizing any of the signs/streets, etc, I started to freak out. The GPS kept trying to make me go down service roads that were half finished, not paved or closed. Decided to keep going, as I had to come out somewhere. The roads were flooded in most areas, and the rain was coming down so hard it was as if there was someone holding a hose to my windshield and I couldn't get it cleared enough to see anything. After about an hour and no end in sight, I tried to call work to say i was going to be late. No service. In the middle of the fucken woods. Luckily I never travel with less then half a tank of gas so I was ok on that end. After 2 hours I came out the other side of Washington, through a city called Kelso, through the industrial side. I actually will be going back, as there were abandoned silos I would love to explore. See. The GPS IS good for something!

The Oregon Coast

Early morning at the beach. I had to stop and take a few pictures, as there was a break int he rain long enough to whip it out (the camera, you dirrty, dirrty man..)

Single man, played beautifully

He played very well, and it sounded so pretty.

Seattle, Wa

Jeff and I at Pikes Place, being tourists. The place was fairly empty, as we had gotten there when it had just opened, but by the afternoon, it was jam packed. on a Thursday! Lukily, by then we were ready to leave. 3 hour drive from Portland to Seattle, and beautiful the whole way up. There was snow in some places, and it was hella cold, but the sun was out. yay!
Gonna go back and try and spend a couple days up there soon. Lots more to see.