Back from the wedding, and still recovering!

First and foremost: I couldn't figure out how my batteries went dead on my camera, when I hadn't taken many photos. Once I got home, I was shocked to see 40 photos download on to my computer! And even better is that neither Tim nor I remember a lot of them being taken... You'll notice there aren't 40 photos posted on here. That's all I need to say about that! ;)

We got in to Portland Friday night and met his friend Mikey and drove out about an hour west of the city into what seemed a pretty "rural" area. It was dark when we got there so we weren't entirely sure what we were looking at, but we got to the bride's parents' house where we would be camping (and where the wedding was held). Ends up that her parents own a pretty decent chunk of property in the hilly area of Oregon, with lots of trees, space for camping, a huge beautiful house, a shower house for those of us camping, and a beautiful area in the trees where the wedding was held. Friday night we busted out a keg and I met Tim's friends from college, including his friend Kyle that owns that property in Alaska with him. It was a great time and everybody was very friendly. The bride and groom, Maura and Greg, were very nice and I'm glad they let me come along, since it was a pretty small wedding with all their close friends and family.

The next morning, we alternately helped set up tables, chairs and lights for the wedding, and lounged around on the grass, drinking beer too early in the day and loving every minute of the beautiful weather. The wedding started in the afternoon and I don't think they could have asked for a more perfect ceremony. Quite a few of us burned out relatively early from the partying the night before and the sunshine and drinking all day, but that champagne sure was good! ;)

Sunday, we woke up, some people nursed hang-overs, the rest of us broke down our tents, drank coffee and relaxed for a bit. Tim and I had the rental car, so we left early and dropped a couple people off at the airport and then he wanted to show me some waterfalls and the Columbia River off I-84. We ended up stopping at a park along the river and literally sleeping for a couple of much-needed hours in the grass before going back to the airport for our flight. By the time we got off the plane and back to Estes, it was around 2 am... So I spent Monday sleeping, watching Kill Bill, and eating mass quantities of sushi with Tim in Boulder. ;)  I don't think I've had a better day off!

Now, Tim's off camping out at the Loch (I hiked there with my Dad and Matt when they visited, it's a great hike!) to do trail work until Thursday, then I'm driving him to the airport so he can go to another wedding until Monday. :(  Guess it gives me time to update my journal!

On the work front, we finished felling in the west side housing today, for a total of 93 trees down. All that's left now is to clean it all up! Which is no small task. Hopefully I can put some before and after photos on here to give you an idea of what I've been up to.

I did book my flight back to Michigan so I'll be in town Sept 7-10 for Donna's shower. On top of that, I just talked to another friend of mine from Virginia who will be in town, so hopefully we can hang out! Him and I only seem to hang out in unique places or in strange circumstances - and I mean that in a good way. I still have a few weekends free for those of you who want to come out and visit, so get yer butts out here! Oh, and the coolest thing ever is that as of right now, I'm hopefully going up to Alaska with Tim in January for a couple weeks! My first time in Alaska, in the winter - yeah, I don't do things half way I guess! Hopefully he'll still want to talk to me by then, haha! ;)

Now, back to "Some Like it Hot". Kelly, a maintenance guy on the west side, is having a birthday so we're going out for drinks tomorrow... Thursday, taking Tim to the airport... Friday, Doug's (a roads guy) son's band is playing at the Rock Inn... And I was hoping to do Long's this weekend but looks like I'll be too busy. So that's what I'm up to and why I haven't called/written anybody back (I always have an excuse, don't I). But things are great and can't wait to see you MI people in a few weeks!