Go Ducks Go!

Over her in Oregon I have a lot of time on my hands... to much time on my hands. I am also kind of a spontaneous person.  The two don't mix very well.  So I woke up one morning and decided to clean and wash my car.  I hopped into my car to clean it and ended up in Eugene Oregon.  The home of one of my favorite passions.  The Oregon Ducks!

This is at Autzen Stadium where the ducks play football at. 

So the stadium is closed to the public. Unless your maintenance. I found out people will think your a maintenance person if you act and follow a maintenance person.  So i was able to get on the field.  

University of Oregon founded Nike.  So needless to say they have the best athletic facilities in the nation.  This is one of their indoor football practice fields.

I am a very goal oriented person.  One of my goal was to run a lap on Hayward Field.  For those of you that don't know this is the Carnegie Hall of Track and Field.  The biggest names in running have gone through this place.  It is kind of a big deal.  

But when I arrived at the track it was closed.  I was a disappointed.

This is Bill Bowerman and I hanging out (greatest running coach ever). He needed to use my hat. 

I hopped a fence and squeezed in a locked gate to get this shot. 

I already had snuck onto the track so I figured I would try to accomplish my goal of a lap on Hayward Field.  This is me trying to get a picture while running from security.  Apparently they didn't care about my goals and dreams.  I got only 150 meters of the lap before I had to escape.  I don't know if that is enough to check it off my goal sheet.  

FIGURES

Pop Quiz

Is this...

A) my new job or

B) my dreams going up in smoke

Ok that was really morbid humor but at least I can laugh at it now. right? sorry mom that was just too irresistible, it is ok to laugh! 

So things didn't work out like I thought with the Forest Fire Fighter job as one might have guest.  I was pretty upset for a little bit but I am fine now.  I am in Portland now looking for a job and visiting with a lot of old friends.  I start working at a rock Gym on Thursday but I am looking for something a little more substantial.  

This is my old stomping grounds in Utah.  I was able to stop and do a little climbing and hiking. It brought backs a lot of adventurous memories. 

Most of you my recognize Multnomah falls. Really crowded, I think there was a senior citizen convention so needless to say I just walked up the hill a ways and then had the place to myself. 

I went on a day hike up to punchbowl falls.  It was a beautiful hike and then I went swimming under that thing. Slightly to incredibly cold, but refreshing. 

In hind sight I wish I had not swam under that one.  A little deeper and little more powerful than it looks.  Kind of rocked my world. But I gave the spectators a good laugh/scare. 

Hike to the top of multnomah, pretty cool.  

Yes this is the ol' bland home. and Yes there is a ghetto car on blocks outside. whenever my kids complain about where they live I can wait to blow this house way out of proportion and say, when I was a kid I didn't learn to walk till I was 7 because I had to crawl around the house and under the windows to avoid rival gang gun fire. 

SE Washington has gone down the pot. 


Home away from home. 

Float or Forge?

There comes a point in everyone journey west that you have to make decisions. Thankfully I don't have to deal with lil' jon's dysentery, broken axles or sick oxen. I just have to pick an occupation. It was not banker or carpenter though, it was forest fire fighter. You don't make as much as a banker and you are not gifted with any fix-it skills, but oh-well. I have a good opportunity in Oregon to fight forest fires. I am very exited about a good job possibility. It will only be a temporary thing but it will get me going again, financially. If things work out. I will be in training for a bit then hopefully shipped to California. I leave tomorrow morning.

My Boss