Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Off the Rock



I am officially unemployed and happily feeling like a total bum for the moment. I just took a solid week off from Orcas to visit peeps in Seattle and take a trip to Southern Oregon. Highlights: The drive to Seattle with Kate who is a walking encyclopedia of Middle East history (U.S.-Iran relations 1955-1995 was an 50 minute explanation); massive amounts of canning at my mom's house (BBQ sauce, chutneys, plum sauce, 3-pepper jelly); urban foraging in Columbia City and eating Ethiopian food with Elizabeth; catching up over margaritas with Lindsey; Capitol Hill with Will including fish tacos and a yummy Elysian winter beer aged in oak; seeing my niece who is the cutest baby ever; a night in an old Portland house where it was too hot to sleep but I didn't care because it felt like summer; and an epic roadtrip with Kimberlyn and Justin. They are a couple who are getting married next year, and I went to the Rogue River in Oregon with them to check out a lodge as a possible wedding location. It is an incredibly remote lodge as there is no road access and you either have to hike in along the river, raft in from near Grant's Pass, or take a jet boat hours up the river from the coast. Crazy! It was a beautiful spot and quite an adventure to get down there and back in a weekend.

2 comments:

makewhatyouneedtofind said...

"U.S.-Iran relations 1955-1995 was an 50 minute explanation"

ha ha :D

well...you know, you did ask ;). and you were a wonderful listener/question asker! you actually reminded me of all i need to brush up on.

AmberAnda said...

Your knowledge truly impresses me. I wish the car ride had lasted longer, you hardly had time to answer, "So what's the deal with Syria?" Your explanations are so much more concise and interesting than me trying to read a book!