tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57617562011-04-21T16:18:42.438-07:00...working on our Oregon Hippie Vibe...Raellynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346891055889299274noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761756.post-1159553749538779412006-09-29T11:15:00.000-07:002006-09-29T11:15:49.543-07:00

Literally and blogospherically!Since our move from Eugene back to Lexington, KY, and what with all the changes in our lives that have happened since then, I decided to start afresh in the blogosphere.  There was just too much to try to go back and document.  You can now find Bug and myself, and all of our adventures at RedHeadPress.We hope to see you there!

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We emerged from the Montgomery St. BART station and found ourselves in downtown San Francisco among the skyscrapers and bustling activity of the big city. Having no time to lose, we started our trek to the Number 15 bus stop on Kearny Street. We were hoping that it would take us to our destination, the Green Tortoise Hostel, so we would be spared the 12 block hike from the BART. We love to

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We'll be posting pictures and tidbits from our April adventure in San Francisco over the next few days. Hope you enjoy them, and I hope I don't forget anything...When we arrived in Oakland, this baggage carousel would not let go of our luggage. We were very appreciative when a Port maintenace worker came to rescue it for us. I really wanted to hug him, but Bug told me to calm down. I couldn't

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I know your birthday is coming soon, and to make good on the birthday goodness I got in San Francisco, I need some input fast. (Yikes! only 20 days...) Can you send me 3 patterns that you would like plus some measurements so I can get this right?Love, me

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Wish me luck! I've got 4 girls, all around the age of 6, who are selling G.S. cookies today. Thank goodness for parents who help out, or I'd be falling over from the organizational challenge it poses.

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San Francisco wore us out. Good thing Bug only has to work one day this week. I'm going back to bed... more blogging later. (with pictures from the big trip!)

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Here's my little Sophie bag (modified), all felted and blocked and dried. The strap had a little too much twist in it, so the next one will not. It was a cute little purse to knit, and not too complicated either. I'll definitely knit this one again. Two thumbs up! Woo Hoo! The Knitting Olympics are over for me!

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The I-cord straps are almost done. Felting to come later tonight! The gold is within my reach! The tension is unending! I've really got to stop using exclamation points!!!!:)

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Who knew that the Olympics were so short? Not me, definitely! Sorry that there haven't been any in-progress pics of the Sophie bag. Somehow whenever I wanted to blog about it, the camera was nowhere to be found. Must have been the cats again, hiding things from me.The bag is going well, and I only have one more strap to finish before felting. That's the part that makes me really nervous. I just

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Monday I got to talk to Zabet. It was so wonderful to just talk to her again and before I knew it, almost two hours had flown by. We chatted about so many things! Our upcoming trip to San Francisco (watch out yarn stores!), family, her interview on CraftSanity, and the birthday goodness that was the past few days. The best part was when I got to tell her just how awesome her birthday gift was!I

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Okay, so it's a bit late, but there was just so much to think about and try to encapsulate for this post. I tried to remember everything, so here goes...ThursdayThe actual birthday was pre-empted by cookie training for the upcoming GS cookie sale. I spent almost 3 hours of my 30th birthday having to listen to ladies sharing their best cut-throat tips on how to maximize their sales to benefit

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Happy Valentine's Day! I had such a busy weekend with my birthday and the oodles of other obligations that had to get done, so I will fill you in on all of my adventures a little bit later. For now, you get the doodle of the day, a Valentine kitty I made for Bug. More pictures and birthday goodness soon, I promise!

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Things have really gone to the dogs around here! We've received 8 postcards so far from the New Year's postcard swap hosted by Myra. They are so cute and the creativity is off the charts! Thank you to everyone who has sent us a card. We are posting them on the back of our door so we can see them every time we leave the house. :)Our postcard for the swap was sent out and everyone should have

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Zabet loves my father's quirky linguistics, so I have decided to share a snippet from his last note to me. (Note: He is talking about how busy my brother will be in the next two months.)"P.S.S. - The legislature will start up 1-3-06 and Mr. Sir will be like a one armed paperhanger in a high wind."Hee hee, I love my Dad and his beautiful sense of how to create verbal imagery.

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I just got my first package from my Secret Pal, and I must say, I think she outdid herself!From the purple theme throughout, to the obvious care that went into selecting these items just for me, I truly have a caring and generous Secret Pal.This package was filled up with great goodies and even had decorations in the box! That so rocks! I love the huge decal that says "Rock is Dead! Long live

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Since Zabet asked for a picture of the shoes, here they are:Pr!vo Crush by Clarks in Pear, size 10MThey are quite comfy with a squishy nubbled insole and a roomy toebox. They even have an elastic strap which eliminates the problem that I have with most other mary janes: the straps cut into my snausage feet.They are the most juicy shade of pear green! I almost opted for the plain black ones,

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Bug and I decided it was time to do a little getaway. We were tired of the rain and gray here in Eugene, so we packed a overnight bag (in case we decided to make two days of it) and headed to Portland, where clearer weather was promised.I knew I wanted to hit some fabric and yarn stores, and Bug was planning on doing the Widmer Brewery tour. We also wanted to try to find a place to have a nice

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I just wanted to say hello to my Secret Pal from SP7! I was contacted last Wednesday by my spoiler. I was so excited to be matched up, I almost couldn't open the email where she introduced herself. I am so glad I decided to participate in this event!My Secret Pal (spoiler) seems pretty cool, as we have a few things in common, like a love of bookarts. She is just getting into bookbinding, so

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Well, I didn't get the book done on Friday, but I am still plugging away at it. Who knew you should include so many pages in a baby book? It's hard to remember all the little things to add in, especially since I have not recently (or ever) had any children. I took a few clues from Bug's baby book, (my own is at home in KY) and a few stealth trips (ok, two) to the baby section at Walmart to see

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I am getting fed up with Photoshop. I am using it to design and print the pages for my friend Alyssa's baby book. Baby will arrive via cesarean tomorrow, but is the book done? No way! I created this great family tree image to use on one of the pages, and now when I try to print it, I get a crazy message in my print center dialogue box about how parts don't have permissions for printing. I am

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The long awaited questionnaire for Secret Pal 7 is finally out! Here are all my knitting secrets (feats of daring and faux pas) bared for the world to see. Frankly, I can't wait to get my secret pal and start spoiling them.1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? I prefer natural fibers like cotton, wool, and linen, but

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This past week has been all about introspection for me. I've been working on a couple of commissions, but when I have down time, I keep thinking about Mamaw. (That's grandma for those of you who don't speak Southern Appalachian.)This is my Mamaw.She's getting ready to celebrate her 91st birthday on the 19th of January. It's hard for me to imagine her to be that old, but then again, she's been

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This is the window I sat beside today. It rained... a LOT. But that's not really big news for Oregon is it? I know it will get sunny again, I just hope it will come soon. Sadly, the local forecast only shows more rain for the new year. As we drove by the Willamette River yesterday, it looked like it was almost out of banks. The small Amazon creek that runs by our house looked

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Who knew that half a florist's shop and a chocolatier, along with several fabulous gifts could fit in a box size 9"x12x2""?A package from our wonderful friends, Liz and P, came today and we were so excited by what was inside! Beautiful silk poinsettias and holly shaped leaves only temporarily obscured our view of the gifts that were contained within. Soon we found mounds of sweet

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We just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Merry Yule, Happy Hanukkah, and best wishes for the New Year ahead!Bug is looking forward to watching the Cats play, and I am excited to start some new creative projects. We both want to travel more.Hope you enjoy your day, wherever you are!

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Yule Log!That's right, kiddies... for your viewing pleasure this evening, Oregon Public Broadcasting is presenting footage of a fireplace with seasonal music to enjoy. Occasionally, a hand will come from off screen and tend the fire with a poker to make the flames higher or drop another log on when it gets low. Amazing. Only in Oregon.Bug thinks this is hilarious, of course, and is doing a

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Alison of the blue blog mentioned me today in one of her posts. I am slowly working through my list of handknitted gifts, but when I heard that she would be giving some prizes to those who had finished all their holiday knitting, I wanted to help. So I put down my knitting (GASP!) and made some cute and nifty stitch markers. I had been itching to make some for a while and now seemed like the

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Okay, I know it's a day late, but better late than never, right? It makes me so happy to come into the house and see it all lit up and sparkly. Now I just have to get the rest of the paper ornaments I am making on to it, and the other decorations up in the rest of the living room, and I think we'll be ready for the Holidays.

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We bagged a tree! Originally uploaded by kyducks. Saturday afternoon we went out and brought home our tree!I was so excited to start really decorating for the holidays. Bug had already gotten our "Box of Decor" out the weekend before and put our red berry wreath upon our door, but I'm really not in the holiday spirit until the tree is up and decorated.We went out to Jerry's, a local home

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Sorry for the interruption, but we're finally back online after being subjected to some of the worst customer service I have ever witnessed.Bug ordered DSL from the phone company and it was all downhill from there, whether we wanted to go or not. I have never seen anything like it. Well, that, and at last count, three ISP's later, we are online with a vengeance. YAY! However, now that we're

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Hope that everyone reading has a very happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. Bug and I will be dining with the Foxes Five and Amy's mom, Connie, and Connie's friend John (sp?) at her new home. We will be thingking of our families in far-off Kentucky and especially of Mamaw, doing her physical therapy in the nursing home. As she said, Mom had better bring her something GOOD to eat for dinner. :)I will

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Well, I finished my Yule stocking, and it only took 5 days. To be honest, it was a quick knit on big needles, but I'm just thankful that it is eating up quite a bit of the Jiffy stash that I had accumulated a while back (read: when I started knitting the frist time around).I modified the basic stocking pattern from the Fall 2005 Knit It! Magazine, but it should be about the same size

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Life is Fleeting Pumpkin Originally uploaded by kyducks. Well, I just realized looking back over the posts from last month that I had totally forgotton to post photos of my Halloween pumpkin.It was well received in the neighborhood, thank goodness. One little boy told me he would give me a million dollars for it. I told him to go home and get the cash and it was his. :) Ahh, I love it

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Wow! I just stumbled onto these today and have to admit that these are just about the sweetest things I have ever seen. Definitely cuter than those slippers your grandma made, and better than just wearing socks around the house. Anyone who wants to gift me this pattern for Yulemas or any old time is definitely on my short list to get a pair too. Any takers?

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No pictures yet, but I have cast on for my first stocking! I am using Lion Brand Jiffy in Grass Green as my MC and Pearl Gray for the CC. So far, I have about half the leg part done.I am combining bits and pieces of patterns I like as I go, so who knows how they will turn out. You would think that my problems with my last project (Mossy Socks) would have taught me better than to do that, but I

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Your Birthdate: February 9You are a born idealist, with more pet causes than you can count.You prefer be around others, both when working and while relaxing.Generous and giving, you believe you can change the world one person at a time.You're open minded and tolerant. People feel like they can tell you anything.Your strength: Your go-with-the-flow flexibilityYour weakness: Your flair for the over

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Mossy Sock Originally uploaded by kyducks. The mossy socks are finally done!I know the photo only shows one, but that is just because I am too lazy to take another photo and struggle to upload it. So there. The other one looks just the same, so just imagine both of them. Or you could just screw up your eyes and blur your vision enough to see two.... whatever works for you.I was

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Not to be left behind in the current knit-a-long craze, I signed myself up for the StockingAlong hosted by Becky.Now, I've only ever made one pair of socks, and I have a second pair in the works, but they are giving me fits because I am sort of mixing and matching patterns as I go. Great learning experience, but not getting so much forward momentum going on this project. Hopefully, once I get

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Today is Amy's birthday, and I just wanted to wish her a happy day. She has been such a good friend to both of us since we moved out here, and her whole family has practically adopted us as their own. I don't know what I'd do without her some days, but then again, I know she feels that same about me, too. :)

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We made a letterbox a few months ago and sent it off to our International ArtGirl Letterboxing Cabal Super Secret Exchangee (I know, it's a capitalized mouthful!), who happened to be the wonderful Psychokiwi from New Zealand. She has planted this box somewhere that we, and a few of our friends, are longing to go... Lake Taupo! If you're in the area, I suggest that you pick this one up, it might

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magic-stripe-socks Originally uploaded by kyducks. These are the socks that I knit from the Magic Stripe yarn. Bug really likes them! It was fun to knit them and watch the stripes pile up one on top of the other as it went along. Maybe I'll get to do another pair before Christmas!

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glass-spheres Originally uploaded by kyducks. Such a pretty day! The sun was shining and the sky was pretty clear. We left for Rainier Square to get some bus passes, because hoofing it everywhere was getting us tired and cranky, not happy and fun travelers. On the way there, we stopped to admire some beautiful glass in the window displays. After we got our passes, we stopped by the

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News came today that people were missing my comments section. Never fear, they are back! They just went missing when I changed the template for the blog page.Now, comment to your little heart's content... :)

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Public-Market Originally uploaded by kyducks. We left the GT and mailed all of our postcards ( if you didn’t get one, blame the USPS, because we sent everyone one!). Then we headed down to the Pike Place Market (PPM) to grab some breakfast and poke around while the Market opened for the day. We wandered in and out of buildings, all the while smelling the morning baking and looking at

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At-the-Top Originally uploaded by kyducks. Wow! It's hard summarize just what a great time we had in Seattle, but I'll try... :)SundayWe left the train station at 5:45am. I was really impressed with my first train ride. I can see why people prefer it to driving or even flying when they don't have to go long distances. For interstate travel, It's perfect!The only problem I had was that

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Finally! I am finished kniting Bug's socks. It was really fun, and although daunting at first, I really warmed up to knitting socks. I can't wait to move on to my next project!

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I am finishing the heel gusset on the second sock tonight. Bytomorrow evening, Bug will have a new pair of wool socks. Handknit by me, even! Go me!

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Well, I updated the template and posted a user photo of Bug and myself. I've really got to get a new photo of us together. This one isn't as good as I would like.In other news, I finished a sock that I am knitting for Bug. It looks really cool and best of all, it actually fits her foot!Now, I just have to finish the mate so it will be an actual pair.Thanks to Zabet for the heads up on the

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I just posted about a third of the photos from our recent trip to Astoria on our Flickr photo album. Have at 'em!

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Aren't they gorgeous? Originally uploaded by kyducks. 11:55 AM -- A knock on the door interrupt my concentration as I am trying (without much luck) to pull staples from the upholstery of a chair. I look out to see who it might be, and there is a white van in our parking spot. Hmmm... nobody I know. I rush downstairs and peep through the hole, and sure enough, someone is standing there,

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Our Tree Originally uploaded by kyducks. We had a great time picking out our tree this year. We went to Jerry's, a local home improvement center, on the recommendation of friends. We got a huge ( almost 7 foot) tree that is about 4 feet across at the base. It's all prettied up with lights, ornaments, snowflakes, and a twist of silver garland too.I think it grew on the way home from the

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Bride of Frankenstein Letterbox Originally uploaded by kyducks. Bug and I got our letterboxes back from the Mansfield Monster Mash. We had sent them to Mansfield Center, CT for a letterboxing extravaganza that lasted the entire month of October. The organizers planted over 100 letterboxes in the area, and over 300 people showed up to hunt them. Both of the boxes that we made can be

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We have posted some of the wedding photos that Mom took with her little snap cameras. They can be found on our Flickr site. We'll be uploading the rest of them later this week.

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We saw the volcano blow! It really wasn't a major eruption, but the steam and ash from Mt. St. Helens did drift for about 25 miles before settling down on the little town of Randle, WA. Melissa and I have been watching all the news coverage about Mt. St. Helens since it started at the end of September, and thought that this would be the perfect time to go visit. We had planned to go up there

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August 1 We started out early on the first day and headed down I-5 to Roseburg where we would catch 138 and head across to the North entrance to Crater Lake. On the way there, we drove by several cut-throughs that revealed some amazing geology. We were still about 40 miles away from Crater Lake, but the layers we were seeing were created entirely from the ash that dropped when Mt. Mazama

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phantom ship Originally uploaded by kyducks. Doesn't look very ghostly....but we are assured by several guidebooks that under certain conditions, the tiny island does indeed seem to disappear. We could see it just fine on the day that we were there. However it is really amazing how tiny it is compared to the rest of the lake. Hmm...maybe like a poppy seed on the back of your hand would

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We're back from our trip to Crater Lake and the Redwoods of Northern California. That was an amazing 4 day trip, and one we're not likely to forget. I'll be posting soon to let you all know what we did, but now it's time to unpack and do laundry.

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Bug and I traveled over to Bend on one of her last long weekends (Sun-Wed) to camp and explore the area. What an amazing place! We saw the High Desert Museum, hiked in the Lava Lands, crawled down into the Lava River Cave, and climbed a huge obsidian flow at Newberry Crater near Paulina Lake. We drove up 126 to Sisters, OR and headed down to Bend, stopping just short in Tumalo to pitch our

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I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday today! **hugs from me and Bug** We love you!!!

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Our beautiful spring weather has awakened the dormant gardener within, and the sight of all those beautiful new plants begging to be adopted at the local home and garden centers are not helping the situation much. Even the local flowering plants have gotten in on the act... As we are seasoned gardeners (well, maybe just me, and not really seasoned per se...), we were itching for some great

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We have been having lots of fun with a new adventure! It gets us outside like geocaching, but not nearly as high tech. I like to think of it as art in the outdoors with a bit more brain power and puzzle-solving thrown in for good measure. All you need to start letterboxing is a book to log your finds, an inkpad and signature stamp, and the clues to the nearest letterbox. You can find

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I was cleaning out my photo files and ran across these images. For some reason or other, they didn't get filed with anything when I downloaded them off the camera, so I thought I would share the best with you. Places & Structures Belknap Bridge (near McKenzie Bridge, OR) Stewart Pond (a wetland near our house) Dawn at the pond 1, 2 The Bridge at Heceta Head Lighthouse Our favorite tree at

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I just tried to add comments to the blog so all our faithful readers can give us feed back about about what they see on the blog. If you look to the right of the tag line at the bottom of the article, you'll see "comments (0)". This link will take you to a pop up window where you may add comments on anyting you wish. :) So talk back to us! ;P

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We went geocaching on Melissa's days off this week. The weather was beautiful, sunny and in the 60's, and I even got the beginnings of a tan. We decided to travel down 126 to Wildcat Creek bridge, where we have a cache hidden and then cut across a minor back road to 36 and head toward Junction City. The trees around here are in full bloom, and most of them are full of bees gathering pollen for

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Just wanted to say thanks for all that you do, have done, and probably will do for me in the future. You made my birthday so special, just by sending a bunch of flowers. You don't know how much that meant to me. Thanks. Love, Raellyn

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We took a little side trip with the Kiwis (Jeff and Marla) to Hood River today. Planning on a few caches, we settled on starting with a really infamous one, The Pipeline. Beginning at the Hood River, we hiked up along the pipeline until we got to the creek, and crossed over on top of the pipeline. That's where we found some "creative expressionism" on the pipe. We headed on up the trail to

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On 12/29, we left for the coast. We were going to watch the whale migration and do a little geocaching and letterboxing before the new year. The morning we left, it was snowing in Eugene. Bug had to sweep some snow off the truck so we could get started. The snow was coming down pretty hard, but by the time we got halfway to Florence on 126, the snow was gone, and it was barely raining. In

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Melissa and I went home to Kentucky for Christmas to be with our families. It was a great trip and we had a really good time. We got to be with our families and friends, and just relax after being so stressed after the move to Oregon and trying to adjust to living out there. We scheduled our respective dinners on Saturday, and had family and friends to drop by. At the Hatter household, we had

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It's raining again.... not like it hasn't done that for the last month, but now it's somehow more insistent on making itself known. Not a soft rain like the past week, but a driving downpour, soaking everything in its path. Definitely not a day to spend much time outside. View from the upstairs window

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We were going to go to the coast and camp in a yurt this Halloween, but no, our friends, the Foxes, begged us to write an essay for the PDXgeocaching forums. The essay was about why we wanted to attend an event cache called Blood Bath and Beyond. You can find the essay here, along with all the other adventures of the Portland geocaching crew trying to find their own golden tickets. Long story

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Friday 9/19 Tonight we saw the Grand Coronation of the New SLUG Queen. There were eight contestants vying for the grand title, and bribing the Old SLUG Queens to vote for them. :) Saturday 9/20 Today was the Eugene Celebration parade! So many different entries, it seemed as if the whole town was walking through. Some of them included the Eugene Celebration Drum Corp, with their pirate drum

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September 12 We left Eugene about 10 am on our trip to the Cranberry Festival in Bandon, Oregon. Before we left, I had to stop at Wal-mart to pick up a couple of things, and while Melissa was getting the truck filled with gas ($1.85/gal), she saw a lady driving a Gizmo. Very interesting form of transportation, we thought. We drove over to Florence and went out to the Oregon Dunes National

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On September 6th, Melissa and I went to see the Ducks play at Autzen Stadium. We saw lots oftailgaters having fun eating, drinking, and getting ready for the game outside the stadium. Here are the Ducks are the Ducks coming out of the tunnel onto the field. Bug and I had a great time and saw so many new things at the game. Thanks Jay, for the tickets!

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We finally left Lexington after many delays, sad goodbyes, and fueling the trucks. It took us about 10 hours to get to St. Joseph, Missouri. We fell into bed and wondered if every day of the trip would be as long as this one.

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