voodoo donuts.

one thing i didn't know about portland is how much it influenced the simpsons and matt groening. he grew up there.

Pandora and myself on the turquoise trail.

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I left the top off to watch the stars as I went to sleep. Peaceful.

Bag of bubble wrap, metal lunch box with stickers, halloween decor, books...toys...jesus

20 boxes and counting

First night-morning. I accidentally put that hood on backwards.

Starting the long day of diving.

A dung beetle at the first night's camp.

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This place is in downtown Portland and it is full of awesomeness.

Flying over the middle states on the way home from Oregon.

I set up my computer speakers and my computer to have my music. It worked great till the power from the truck stopped working about 3 hrs into my trip. I think it was a fuse but I couldn't find the blown one. So the rest of the trip I had good old fashion radio.

Gresham farmers' market

The view from the campsite in Arizona.

My high school friend lives in Hood River, so we had to get together.

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Family heirlooms have to make it on the truck.

This is getting back on I-5 at the bottom of the grapevine, after getting gas. You can only put $75 at a time on your credit card. That's not enough to fill this tank.

Apricot jam at the Gresham farmers' market

Day 1 - let's go!

SOOOO many evergreens. <3

Thankfully, it stayed inflated from there on.

Stacking a life's worth of stuff

Day 1.

Passed several of these cute campers on our way into Oregon. I need one. Right now.

We drove through a crazy hail storm, then this dust storm came along... the midwest is wild.

At the Gresham farmers' market. Yum.

It all disappears

Girls who love to cook and eat have to love to shop too...

I can't get enough of pictures of clouds.

This architectural salvage place had slices and slices of wood. So many ideas.

Moved her to Oregon, drank wine.

Funny how favorite photos can be taken on a whim.

Portland is FULL of Goodwills, and I picked this up as a souvenir of my first trip.

This is set up outside the neighborhood grocery store. Weird.

Gresham farmers' market

Gresham farmers' market

Gresham farmers' market. Succulent plants

Gresham farmers' market. Succulents in a pot.

Gresham farmers' market

I guess since I had never seen one, this was fascinating to me.

Gresham farmers' market