i forgot to tell everyone what happened during mine and kim's
vacation.hahaha.
it was amazing, amazing, amazing. it went better than i could of ever imagined.
i didn't think it was possible, but we ended up better friends in the end.
we drove for a long time until we got to loon lake :D
we felt pretty car sick because there was like, 80 loops and turns.
we stayed there for two days, and we showered like 4 times and then blew dry and straightened our hair because we don't know the meaning of camping.
we went to the river a couple times, got our tan on, and actually went in the water. it was cold so we went back to tan. at night, we came back, found a glow stick gang, walked to the beach, and people left all their tents and shit on the side of the river. it was tempting with all the jet skis, but we left empty handed.
Silvia and Jaron showed up the next day, we went swimming with them and some lady gave us a paddleboat and we all boated. Haha.
HAH! i fell off a tree when we were climbing it and then landed on my ankle and then rolled over a fern until i finally stopped on some dirt in a clearing. she wouldn't stop laughing and neither could i which hurt because i bruised my rib cage.
i limped back to our place, made some dinner, talked for a while, couldn't sleep, made smores, then slept.
in the morning we ate some eggs mary made, then got ready to go.
we got back on the road around we stopped for mcdonalds happy meals in the "Ice Kingdom" as Kim called the area between reedsport-bandon. I laughed. We went to langlois and got some hot dogs. only too bad i hate hot dogs so i got a monster. we kept going until we reached fred meyers in gold beach. kim was napping until she heard some hot guys walk by. hah! they went inside to go get groceries, me and her agreed we had enough, went inside and went pee, played on the escalator, then went down the elevator.
we went back on the road and stopped at the dinosaur tour/gift shop place. it was awesome. mary took some pictures of us, and we kept going again.
we eventually got to where we were going, after looking out over the ocean and found some islands. Kim Boob Island, and Chode Rock. it made us laugh. and all the while, i kept an itinerary of everything we did by hour. it was neat.
we got to smith river! unloaded our stuff, explored the camp site, and made some lunch. we went to the restroom and that was fun. the showers really sucked this time, and we only stayed one day. we were pretty sick of tent-ing, but we got over it. woke up. ate some snacks. got back on the road. pretty uneventful.
we drove in like 8 circles. we had no idea what time it was, my phone had died, our ipods were dead, and we were pretty much screwed. we first went to oregon, went east, then went to california, then went west, then south, then north, got to gold beach, then crescent city, took about 90 loopy turns again, and eventually got to this crappy run down town. it had a farm, and we down this dusty gravel road, saw some horses, fed them carrots, ate them ourselves, and pulled up to "Out and About", the ziplining place.
Me and Kim were pretty pumped. We got there, it smelt like horses and chickens. There were giant treehouses with scary thin bridges connecting them to every other one. We got our equipment and rode on a golfcart to catch up to the others. We did a practice line, then we climbed a ladder up to the bigger one and met Bug-Eyed Bill. This one was easy, but we looked at the next one and didn't know how we were gonna get all the way up the giant tree. Then we saw someone zip by through the forest and trees. We looked at each other like 'oh, fuck.' We made it through the rest, (barely), hung on like super tight, and had pretty much a kickass time. We got lost looking for the last zipline, and when we finally found it, oh god. The tree itself swayed in the wind while we were waiting, and I was for sure thinking I was gonna die. The first drop felt like a roller coaster, and then we flew down the rest of the line, hair flowing and heart pounding. It was amazing. We traveled from there, to Gold Beach, I woke up Kim and we went inside our new hotel room. We got settled, watched a really awful movie we somehow couldn't turn away from, and then fell asleep quickly.
In the morning, we woke up and flipped on the TV. She took the first shower, so I lounged in my two-day-old outfit and watched children's television. It had something to do with the ugly duckling. She got out and as she was getting dressed, I hopped in the shower. After that, we wee told to walk the dog so we did down to the ocean, which we could see from our room. She got away, but it was fine. We carved our names and Heath into the wooden structures people have built in the sand. We went back, dropped off the dog, and headed to get some breakfast. There wasn't much left, but we each got a boiled egg, some sort of pastry, orange juice, and dry cereal. Some guy came in and you could tell he was REALLY disappointed at the lack of breakfast left.
After that, we packed up and headed for the Jet Boats.
It was fun. We moseyed around the lobby until it was our turn. We loaded on the boats, and sat b behind these Swedish/german/dutch/russian people. We boated up, saw some bears, stopped for a break, and it was so hot. Me and Kim were seriously considering jumping in. On the way back we went to this buffet diner on the river. We got like, eighteen plates. (well, one, but still)
We got back, went back in the car, and sadly drove home to Salem.
When we stopped at a rest stop, it smelled like rain and we could hear thunder. We got back in the car and eventually got to Liberty Road. It was exciting to be home again. We went home, unpacked, took Kim home, and it was kinda weird saying goodbye. I was used to being with her for the past week, she definitely grew on me. We said our farewells, went back to normal life.
...only to hang out for the whole next week anyway. :)
