Sunday, April 26, 2009

In Between


We're back from our road-trip out West and getting ready for our road-trip to the ATL. Our travels took us through Utah, Idaho, a quick stop in Walla, Walla, Washington, with most of our time exploring Oregon. We just loved Portland and could actually see ourselves living there if it wasn't for the grey skies and frequent drizzle factor. Oh, and we like Telluride too much anyway. There are too many favorites about Portland to list, but for Jim, one of them was his daily visit to the legendary Voodoo Doughnuts. www.voodoodoughnuts.com

Powell's Book Store was also definitely a favorite. Stretching several city blocks and housing more than one million books, Jim was in heaven (and purchased more than two dozen used books). The microbrews were especially good, and we had the most unusual and delicious Thai food ever. We also found the people to be super nice. Great city.
One of the least favorite things we did was visiting the laundromat (hey, it was a long road-trip), but Jim was happy with his book!

We did a lot of hiking and even more eating through Oregon. After Portland we travelled through the Willamette Valley, down the coast, spent an overnight in Eugene and finally Bend. Beautiful state. Came home with some hard to find Pinots, and we've dedicated a corner of our basement to be a make-shift wine cellar since a) we don't have a wine cellar, and b) we have NO other room to put it!
So back in Telluride we are, at least for a few days. It's "mud season" here, and we had a major dust storm yesterday that you could feel even inside. This morning, our Jeep was covered in dirt.

Leaving this week to drive to Atlanta to visit our families. While we are not looking forward to being in the car for another 1,900 miles, we are very excited to visit with our loved ones.

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