trip highlights

• gave an anarchist and a quaker a ride to olympia and portland, respectively.
• the quaker asked me if "being married changed my outlook on dating or relationships?" i explained "no, i am just as sappy, stupid and trusting about these things as i always was and i continue to take everything that everyone says to me at face value" just kidding.
• beat james woodhead at scrabble.
• realized i left my photo card in my computer and bought a new one for $7.
• rode I-84, stopping at every state park that didn't have a fee.
• visited multomah falls. took generic pictures.
• entered mt. hood national forest. pulled off to try out the snowshoes.
• locked my keys in my trunk.
• tried desperately to get my dying phone to work, eventually walking into the middle of a snowy pasture where i intermittently got 1-2 bars.
• eventually got ahold of roadside assistance.
• waited two hours
• tried to remember my boy scout survival training from 16 years ago; started considering which arm i should eat first.
• it started to get cloudy.
• it started to snow.
• tow truck guy shows up.
• more showshoeing.
• ate dinner at microbrew in hood river.
• went to aunt debbie's in portland.
• told her i just wanted to rest and drive home that night. fell asleep 15 minutes later.
• woke up 10 hours later.
• drove home