Sunday, August 24, 2008
Greetings from the Left Coast
My travel companion has hit the sack at 8:40 so I am left to entertain myself, so I am stopping by the blogosphere to say hi. The Pacific Northwest has lived up to my expectations and then some. Ecola State Park and Haystack Rock can only be described by one word: magical. It’s something about the mist that gives it this magical feeling and makes you feel like you’re someplace special. I have to come back when I don’t have a three-day meeting to get to. I’m in Portland now at a surprisingly nice HoJo. And if you’re wondering, I did make it to the Goonies house. 
All my pictures look fabulous on my little camera screen so I can’t wait to upload them. The laptop doesn’t want to play with my camera so it’ll have to wait until Thursday, at the earliest. Some random parting thoughts on Washington and Oregon:
-They do love their drive-through espresso stands.
-You know you’re in the Pacific Northwest when you see Birkenstock stores and logging mills.
-Hood-to-Coast racers are an, uh, interesting bunch.
-Mt. St. Helens looms seriously large here. It would’ve been nice if the pilot had told me that’s what I was looking at (that and Mt. Rainier). Luckily I’m crazy with the camera and snapped a few shots of what I thought just had to be something important.
-Blue and green. Lots and lots of blue and green.
Blue and green? Always a good combination. I think I’d dig Washington and Oregon if it weren’t for the rain.