This past weekend, I took a quick trip to Portland, a city I have never been to before. I'm always a huge fan of going to new places and seeing and experiencing new things, especially food! My dear friend Ellen recently received her Master's Degree from the University of Oregon (Yay Ellen!) and asked me to come up and drive back to St. George with her. I've always wanted to see Portland, and summer is the perfect time to travel, so I agreed. We spent a few hours in Portland-beautiful and green! We ate at Old Town Pizza-yummy, but super creepy bathroom; walked on the river walk and saw some interesting people, and Ellen drove me by the Portland temple-stunning. Then we headed to Eugene, where she lived. She took me up to the University of Oregon, I instantly fell in love with the education building. If I were to ever be crazy enough to get my PhD, I would want to get it there just for the sheer fact that the building is adorable! The Olympic track and field tryouts were going on in the stadium, how awesome is that?! I then helped her clean and pack her car, ate some VooDoo doughnuts (LOVED IT!) and we headed out the next morning at 6:30 AM. We drove for about 17 hours-eating, sleeping, talking, laughing, eating and finally made it to St. George. The next day, let's just say I slept for most of the day, and it felt fantastic!
On Monday, we drove from St. George to Salt Lake, where I stayed for a fun fourth of July celebration with my favorite person. So in 3 days time I went from Portland, to Eugene, to St. George to Salt Lake. Not too shabby! I loved catching up with Ellen and seeing a part of the world I haven't seen before. I look forward to going back to Portland someday and spending lots of time exploring the city even more!
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Soooo grateful you came out to help me drive back through the barren wasteland between Eugene and St. George. Love you!
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