In Which: We return to hum-drum

Well, we are back in good ol' Utah.

In Which: "Reunionizing"

Well, Scott made it all the way from Utah to Washington, and of course it was really great to have my pal back after a week apart.

Friday morning, we went apartment scouting in Salem. We found a few potential places, and I fell more and more in love with the idea of our internship-future there. It has a wonderful, quiet small-town feel, despite being the capital city of Oregon. There are parks everywhere, trees (of course) lining every street, and the Willamette River runs straight through town.

After lunch, we picked up Laura in Vancouver, then headed out to Gearhart on the Oregon coast for a gool ol' Grange family reunion.

The reunion was three days full of long-lost cousins from Colorado, pizza, bonfires, and beach games. On Saturday, we went on a two mile walk on the beach, lunch at Norma's, and then a drive back to Vancouver to take Laura home. 

In Which: I go on North-Westy adventures with my favorite people!

Laura and I have been having a blast reconnecting and going on adventures!

We have four years of long-distant friendship to make up for, so we are cramming everything possible into the next 5 days.

On Saturday, we went exploring at Kline Line trying to find Stephanie's caves. We didn't find them, but we found this large tree that had fallen down, and I found an overly friendly stinging nettle that wanted to hold hands with me. Ouch.

Laura, conquerer of tree roots

In Which: I see friends, family and fireworks!

I am on vacation!!!

I flew out of Salt Lake City airport on the morning of July 4th to go home to Washington State.

People watching at the airport was a great way to pass the time. I saw many people sleeping in creative ways.