Portland!

Go see Joel at Splendid Cycles in Portland if you want an awesome cargo bike!

On Sunday afternoon, friends Dara and Michael met us in Hood River for lunch. The weather forecast called for rain in town and heavy snow on Mount Hood on Monday and Tuesday, so we ended up following them back to Portland, where we could become dry and happy house guests. After a nice day of showers, laundry, and testing cargo bikes in Portland (with Misa as the cargo!!!), we met up with Colin's cousins Kate and Emily, and Kate's fiance Josh. It was great to hang out with Kate, and cool to finally meet Josh, who has been giving us amazing recommendations via email of places to visit in the OR/WA area. It was also fun to hear about Emily's experience nannying Maddie. How strange that we all seem to be on the brink of big changes in our lives. (Or is everybody always on the brink of big changes?)

Tomorrow we may head out to see the beautiful coast of Oregon everyone has been talking about!