Caleb and I went up to Oregon to visit Brandon and Marci in Eugene. If you thought Portland was weird wait until you see Eugene. =) We lost our camera on the way home from Oregon which really sucks. I didn't take many pictures with my phone because I forgot to bring the charger so it was almost dead the entire trip.
The very first thing we noticed in Oregon is that everyone was going the speed limit. Odd. We had to drive 2 hours from Portland to Eugene and it is safe to say that this was the case the entire trip. We were flying passed cars while driving only 5 or 6 mph over the speed limit.
Don't get me started on the toilets. Push up for liquid waste... push down for the flush of shame.
We were told we HAVE to check out VooDoo Doughnuts. Luckily for us it was right outside our hotel.
The Magic is in the Hole. All of their doughnuts have unique names.
Captain My Captain, The Loop, Bacon Maple Bar, Dirt Doughnut, Old Dirty Bugger, Miami Vice Berry, and Double Bubble.
The Gay Bar. You’ve got to give them props for their creativity.
On our first day in Eugene Caleb and I went to Brandon's Spanish class. We had a difficult time finding his class because we were only given the name of the building he taught in (thanks for that by the way Brands) anyway, so we walked around the outside looking in the classrooms windows.
Brandon had all of the students eating out of his hands. Everyone laughed at his jokes, answered questions, and participated in the lecture.
The lecture was on pastime activities. The example in the book had knitting, but he wanted to relate it to U of O students so he changed it to Beer Pong.
The best part of the PowerPoint - emborracharse.
He wore his Weber State shirt to make us feel at home.
We snuck a picture when the professor wasn't looking. (note to self - don't take a picture so early in the morning the day after a long day of traveling.)
He honestly didn't know I was secretly taking pictures while he helped some students after class which makes these next 3 really awesome.
You can’t go to U of O campus without sitting in the big chair.
Go ahead and make yourself comfortable Caleb.
Rocky is showing her team spirit.
We had so much fun with these little girls.
Rocky has such a silly personality.
and Daisy is so sweet.
This is a little something special for my "special" friend Mel. It took us driving passed it about 5 times before we got a picture of the street name. Luckily it was close to our hotel.
We are concerned that both girls pooping themselves while swimming the night before might have had something to do with the sudden pool closure.
Marci let me get the girls ready for church on Sunday and both girls were absolutely perfect.
Burgerville USA rocked our socks off! Everything is fresh, local, and sustainable... I don't know about the last thing, but it was on all of their advertising.
Our hotel in Portland looked like a castle.
This is the entry.
and the fireplace
Caleb was in love once he found out they serve free breakfast.
I was easily won over by the evening drinks and appetizers.
Our room was pretty standard but nice.
The bed made it difficult to want to wake up in the morning.
This pool was amazing, but the sauna was even better.
I'm sad we lost all of the other pictures. But at least we have the memories. Thanks for letting us visit BMRD.
