my fourth of july was most excellent, thank you for asking. i got to eat at bert's with the fam, laid out all afternoon, napped for three hours, caught a few episodes of the office season 3 (yesss) and went to the independence fireworks show with lacey & eric parks. we crossed paths with amanda, gabe and even the SPU holly doran wedding crew en route to newport. all in all, yet another beautiful fourth of july. i have smashing photos but...i definitely packed my camera cord AND charger. i so smart. highlight of the fourth of july was definitely spending time with lacey & eric and BUYING MY FIRST DREAM CATCHER. yes that is correct, a sea-foam green dream catcher to guide me on my travels (:
okay...now for the trip:
i woke this morning to the rising sun over the top of our barn. made me think of a dear friend who sent me off to oregon with a letter written during a 4:41 a.m. seattle sunrise. i sat on the back deck eating my honey nut cheerios and just soaking in the valley in front of me. the 4runner pulled away from 15415 oakdale road in all its glory at 5:36 a.m. and the great texan adventure began.
on our way out of town, we stopped at baskett slough wildlife refuge (mom's favorite place in the whole world) to "check the trailer hitch". instead i got my first diamond necklace from my sweet little mother. NOW we were ready to roll (: i slept from portland to the dalles and then stayed awake to soak in all the beauty the gorge had to offer. we saw basalt cliffs, washington "stonehenge", 4 big horned sheep in phillippi canyon, endless wind farms between the dalles and pendleton. luckily we had my new dream catcher hanging from the mirror to protect our travels the whole way (:
until next time, oregon
idaho was pretty uneventful. lovely state, but bad roads...not so fun to pull a uhaul trailer with (sorry val!). we're currently settled for the night just outside of twin falls in jerome, idaho. hands down, one of the top ten white trash cities i've ever encountered. my first human contact in the jerome super wal*mart was with an obsese woman. absolutely no neck and her belly was dangling a good three inches below her american flag tank. yummy. i picked up a couple new albums (zac brown band and brad paisley) and am now contemplating a swim in the hotel pool. after getting a good look at this googled image of a jerome elementary student...i think i'll pass on any water borne diseases provided by the pool.
what google images brought up when i searched "jerome, idaho". scary?
day one done. three more to go. thanks for following my trek.
Hahah. I had a good laugh when I read that you finally purchased a dream catcher. Now for that tattoo! ;)
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