vroom!
Hurray! I passed my motorcycle permit test. Very soon my new friend and I will be on the road… 
Sunday September 20, 2009 at 16:08
Friday September 11, 2009 at 15:10
In the mail!
Some needy kid and I got new shoes today. With a reflective heel tag to make forgetting your bike lights a little bit safer. Yay! 
Tuesday September 08, 2009 at 16:00
California Road Trip
Michele and I set off Monday the 31st for a 5 day road trip. We spent the beginning of the trip in Eureka being well taken care of by Amanda, Chad, and the 4 dogs. Found some prizes at the antique shop and even better treasures from Amanda who makes beautiful jewelry.
(Amanda, Michele, & I at the river)
On our way to San Francisco/Oakland (and after paying a visit to the drive through tree) the clutch went out on the Tacoma. Luckily Michele has AAA. So after a short wait and a creepy lingering passerby (who felt the need to tell us several times how much he likes girls with tattoo’s) we were dropped off in Leggett. The mechanic shop was closed so we started walking to scope out a camp spot. We waved down the first person that drove by so we could inquire about the hours or phone number of the mechanic shop. He told us there were some guys down at the pizza shop that would know and he was on his way there if we wanted a ride. We were thankful and he was super nice… but a little red faced drunk. I sat in the backseat next to the cooler full of beer and sloshing ice water. While we jammed to some Emeinem I spotted a cup filled with coins and dollars on his console with a taped on sign that said “baby money”. I’m still not sure what to make of that. Several pitchers of beer later someone was nice enough to let us crash at their moms house that they were watching while she was out of town. A pretty log house in the woods with our own bedroom and veggie burgers in the freezer!!
The next night we had a BBQ which turned into the entire town coming over to party. Michele played her first drinking game and consoled the 19 year old girl who just broke up with her boyfriend of 4 years… who was in his late twenties. Eww. The end of the night looked a little like this…
Monday September 07, 2009 at 17:44
Summer
Spending the winter in the south pacific made my summer 4 months longer but I still feel like Autumn is sneaking in a little early this year.
The beginning of May Becka and I returned to Portland (*and Selena who left us early) from our “second home” Guam. A travel time usually taking between 20 to 35 hours.
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I could only stay put exactly a month before I was back on a plane. A last minute trip to Boston with Breanna and Jacob to see an amazing 3 hours of Leonard Cohen. Assuming his age would prevent us from having another oppurtunity. Shortly after returing from that it was summer roadtrip #1 to Whitefish Montana for James’ birthday. Day drinking, taxadermy displays in bars, jumping into freezing cold rivers, and drunk rednecks being “sorry about our luck” because we live in Portland.
(Polebridge, Montana)
A couple weeks later Becka and I were on a plane to spend 10 days in Montana’s polar opposite… Hawaii…
(*Sea Turtle- North Beach Oahu, Hawaii)
I only had 3 days to unpack Hawaii and pack for Europe. Dublin was the first stop and then to the south of France. Where I stayed with Romain a friend from my trip to France last year.
(Lynnsy, Romain, & I. Paris, France 2008)
(Romain. Mediterranean Sea. Cannes, France. 2009)
(Pierre, Juliet, Romain and I. Cannes, France)
After a week or so in the south we took the train to Genova Italy and then to Florence Italy.
Where we stayed with the beautiful Benedetta who later took us to her families country house in Tuscany. A quick stop in Pisa and then we were on a plane to Paris.
About 5 days later the language barrier, lack of buritto’s, my disfunctional phone, and creepy dudes with boners on the metro convinced me it was time to come home.
