Blogs from Eugene, Oregon, United States, North America - page 8

I know!! Gross!!! I was running Micheal's Pit, Mihoshi, and she got distracted by another dog, turned quick, and I totally tripped over her body. It was raining, so...yeah. Luckily, my chin was there to cushion my fall. Normal people use their hands to catch themselves. Apparently, I use my face. I really did eat the pavement. Delicious, let me tell you. BRUTAL!!!! Hahaha I'm such a wimp...but the picture looks cool! I got a ride from a Portland State University Education major, we hit the road at 1:00pm yesterday and now here I am, in Eugene, hippie capital of Oregon. Wawaweewa. I am staying with a really cool family, I will write more later when I'm not running out of library internet use time. I really love Oregon.... read more

So I flew into Portland on Tuesday and spent most of Wednsday there too. It's an awsome city. Probablly the coolest city I've ever been too. It was very compact and busy like New York, but it was very laid back and natural at the same time. oregon is really beautiful I'm in Eugene now which is in the Willamette River valley, which reminds me of the Hill Country, except with douglas fir trees. There are a lot of oak trees, sweet gums and rhododendrons here and I didn't expect that. Eugene isn't what I was expecting, and initially I was pretty disappointed, but it is starting to grow on me, and I really love the school here. They have some pretty rivers that run by campus and we went walking out there today and we ... read more