Red Lion 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>

... reminds me of Neyland stadium with the jumbotron minus the 108,000+ stands. We ran a few laps around the track and then continued our run through the campus. It's a very nice, clean campus. After sneaking into one of the dorms and taking a "shower" in the bathroom, we got some food in our bellys. We thought about maybe going out around town, but we were tired and just wanted to crash ...

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>

... would get much hotter. After a little investigation I realized that with the lid on, the inside heats up, and starts pouring out the bottom hole of the clay liner and overflowing around the bottom of the can and starts climbing up the outside of the can. To test this theory, I took the lid back off and gave it 15 minutes, at which point the outside was cool again. I suppose it's also possible that with the internal temp climbing so high, the heat is actually reaching the outside of the ...

... Delta Ponds (as we later learned they are called) right behind the parking lot. Along the walk we saw a goose that looked like our "Lucky" the goose from our past lake home in NY. We were very attached to Lucky and this goose reminded us of her as she tucked her head under her wing and hung out with the ducks and Canadians(see pix). We also saw a goose that may be what happens when a male Embden goose (white domestic) gets spring fever with a female ...

... is the biggest producer of grass seed in the world. These comments by farmers leads us to comment on the opportunities we've had to talk with people we might never have encountered were it not for our walk. Because of our vulnerability of being just a couple and because we're such a curiosity, many people are interested in learning about our purpose. We talk with people in large pickup trucks with four-wheelers (ATVs) in the back and folks with caps and shirts decorated with ...

... old ice cream parlor. I finally foudn the continuing ed. building, but no other UO buildings were around. I finally decided to go back to my car. I drove down Broadway and fianlly happened upon campus. I parked and took a walk around. The student union was really nice. The interior smells like wood. I saw the Women's Resource Center and some other spots of interest.