Nite Inn Eugene

... of my trip, like where I'm living, the classes I'll be taking, etc. But after my orientation today I'm officially excited. I've started to get back into that old French mindset, the one that I've experienced before my other two previous trips to France. By the time I leave it will have been almost two and half years since I've been there, and while going to a completely different country with a completely different language ...

... Now....I don't remember either of us saying anything out loud like "wow, things are going smoothly" ...but I know we were thinking that. So, when we got to our car, it was dead, dead, dead. After an unsuccessful try at jumping it via the hotel van, we called AAA and they sent someone out to help. It took a while to charge up the battery again, but 90 minutes later, we are finally on our way again. <br><br>But wait.....we're really low on gas ...

... to say.. I had a great time. <br><br><br>In other news..<br><br>Rob' brother Brian and his wife Sue arrived on Monday and are staying to Friday! It's great to see some family! And Mum and the boys are coming for the weekend! YAY! <br><br>I've been hard at work on my halloween costume for the party we're going to this weekend.. pictures to be posted in the future!<br><br>Today.. solo adventure.<br>

... degrees which we were thrilled to experience. We did a quick loop around and stopped for a hike to the top of Inferno Cone, the extinct volcano. We then wound through the foothills of the Sawtooth mountain range to Boise, where our Verizon navigator hit its first glitch and got us completely lost. We finally reached our Doubletree Inn, where we almost fainted due to the amazing accommodations the hotel was offering. It almost ...

I went back up to Eugene, picked up Katie and we drove back to Idaho. On the way there we camped in the Cascades at the Metoleous River. The photos don't really show how incredible this is, at the mouth of the Metoleous the water comes out of the side of the mountain. Turn around and it's a full river.<br><br>We drove through the Craters of the Moon National Monument, also an incredible area.<br>

... oh well.<br><br>I went to the coast with my friend LaRosa, drove by my old house and found the fence I built and designed still standing :) I went to my first of several WINGS seminars, I am learning and growing a lot from these seminars and will stay connected with the program. If you're curious, google WINGS Eugene and check them out.<br><br>

... centered is really quite easy because you just pick the ripple closest to the size you need and cut along that, and voila! For this job I used tin-snips. I know a lot of people would use an angle grinder, but I keep finding that slow-moving hand tools almost always yield a better cut than high speed power tools. Anyway, I get my hole cut in the bottom of the can, apply a copious amount of mortar to the inside edge of the hole, and gently lower the clay liner into the can. I clean up ...

... annual family vacation) and I had no idea what incredible beauty I was missing. The wildlife in Yellowstone surpassed even that which we experienced in Austraila. In a matter of less than 8 hours we saw grizzly bears, black bears, elk, bison, moose, dear, antelope, and on and on. Luna hated it all, of course, because national parks are decidedly not dog friendly. We saw old faithful blow and explored the park's historic lodges. Right ...

... Peace for Earthwalk groupie since this was her third time viewing the presentation. We again appreciated the depth of the conversation and questions following our talk. In the morning, Barbara had arranged a breakfast meeting with Friends and others in the Capitol Manor dinning facility. One man at breakfast, Paul, works with the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) in Oregon. We enjoyed learning more about FOR's work in the Northwest. We then did some computer catch-up and had ...

Votée plus belle trail d'amérique du nord dans une revue de mountain bike, la Mackezie trail en Oregon est théoriquement un classique de l'ouest américain. Très roulante, longeant la mackenzie river, elle fait découvrir une superbe forêt de sequoia de la côte ouest du pacifique. Arbres gigantesques tout au long de la trail. tellement belle... que seule miss ...