Spring Break!

It's been quite a bit since I've last posted, but I thought I'd write a little something while I have some free time on spring break. I flew into the Bend, OR airport on Friday morning after logging about 4 hours sleep the night before. It's become a general trend that if I have an early flight the next day, I just stay up anyway and deprive myself of sleep. I don't know what the deal is with that. It was great catching up with everyone the rest of the day (my aunt susie and uncle dale live up here in bend and my family flew out to meet me here) and around 4 'o' clock I decided to go for a quick run over to the park and sports field area.

I made it over to the fields fine but on the way back I decided to try another trail that I assumed would eventually take me back to where I came from...I think I've been running in Malibu for too long because it's basically impossible to get lost when there because you have Pepperdine and the Pacific and PCH - I mean you could probably get lost if you tried but you would really have to try hard! Anyway, the point of that digression was to lead into saying that I got lost as a result of taking that other trail. I just kept running though, following the power lines for a time (hey, they should take me somewhere right?) and eventually coming out on a road that looked like all the other roads in Bend. So I ran to the end of that road. By that time, it had started drizzling slightly so I decided to swallow my pride and flag someone down to ask for directions. The problem with that idea was that I know all of about 2 or 3 road names in Bend! Long story short, the car I waved down was driven by an amiable fellow named Gary who worked with tile and ceramics. After i attempted to verbalize where I thought i needed to be, he was more or less able to get me there (fortunately, he lived pretty close to my aunt's house so it was on his way home). I arrived home shortly thereafter, with another fun Oregon memory.