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<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0It was another night of not-great sleep, but we were better off for it. \u00a0And I’m pretty glad we did. \u00a0We got to drive through the Umpqua National Forest in the day time. \u00a0And it was pretty.<\/p>\n
\u00a0JA taking more pictures through the windshield. \u00a0That large rock ahead has a lot of graffiti on it. \u00a0People suck.<\/p>\n \u00a0I swear he did this just to mess with me.<\/p>\n There aren’t a lot of pictures for the next week. \u00a0We arrived in Portland in time to meet up with some of JA’s friends, who we will be spending the next week with, and headed off almost immediately to a beer festival. \u00a0Apparently these happen very frequently in Portland. \u00a0I spent $20 on beer tokens and…it was worth every penny. \u00a0And it was a lot of beer. \u00a0One token got you a 4oz pour\/taste and 4 tokens got you a full 16oz pour. \u00a0There were so many beers here I never got a full pour. \u00a0Just tried all the ones that I could and we probably got in about 60% of what was available there between the four of us.<\/p>\n The next few days were spent exploring Portland and Beaverton, helping JA’s friends around the place, hanging out with their awesome one-year-old, visiting a friend of my at Oregon State University (they have a farmer’s market right on campus!) and taking a break from the roadtrip. \u00a0We visited a couple breweries (Cascade with their sour beers…favorite brewery, I think) and the Rose Garden, as well as numerous coffee shops and whatever other errands we had to do. \u00a0We also spent some time making sure we had a place for Yellowstone NP – normally we’d be too late to make reservations for the year, but we lucked out. \u00a0Someone cancelled at a central campground five minutes before my call connected and we got their spot.<\/p>\n \u00a0Only minutes in Portland and we’re at a Beer Festival! \u00a0Yay!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0OSU’s Farmer’s Market. \u00a0Right on campus.<\/p>\n \u00a0The gondola ride down from OSU to downtown.<\/p>\n \u00a0Possibly my favorite brewery ever. \u00a0Sours. \u00a0A whole menu of sours. \u00a0It was beautiful. \u00a0And tasty.<\/p>\n Here’s some photos of the rose garden – I took far too many, but am only sharing a few. \u00a0I love roses. \u00a0Any size, any type – one of my Grandmas had so many rose bushes around her house when I was growing up. \u00a0I used to help her weed and loved being surrounded by those. \u00a0This was a wonderful place to visit; I never knew there were so many types of roses.<\/p>\n \u00a0Ft. Hood in the background.<\/p>\n \u00a0These aren’t roses. \u00a0I think they’re called fuschia plants, but I can’t remember.<\/p>\n \u00a0JA’s hand is smaller than this ridiculous leaf.<\/p>\n \u00a0So many gorgeous roses! \u00a0I want them all!<\/p>\n Around this time, JA got sick for a couple days and spent a lot of time sleeping. \u00a0I spent some time getting me-time in because I didn’t have a lot of that on this trip. \u00a0Not to mention I didn’t want to get sick either.<\/p>\n We took time to restock our coolers and whatever other supplies we needed for the trip before having one last night with our wonderful hosts. \u00a0I’ll never be able to thank them enough for giving us a place to crash and being so awesome about us being there a week. \u00a0Never underestimate how luxurious just having a bed and a shower for the night can be.<\/p>\n Time to hit the road again though. \u00a0We’ve got some travel time through Montana. \u00a0I need to spend more time there too. \u00a0Getting close to Yellowstone. \u00a0I love that some rancher has property here (or maybe leases it, I’m not sure how it works here). \u00a0It’d be a gorgeous place to ride a horse and push cows on. \u00a0We entered through West Yellowstone – a city that looks like it specifically grew around tourism for the park.<\/p>\n \u00a0Again. \u00a0It’s funny and sad that people have to be warned.<\/p>\n \u00a0Night’s coming on fast and we’re entering while everyone’s leaving. \u00a0Glad I’m not in that line.<\/p>\n \u00a0I’m super happy to be here. \u00a0Yellowstone has always been high on the list. \u00a0We had to pull over for JA to fix some eye irritation so I snapped a picture of the river. \u00a0 We arrived somewhat late to our campground, but they had everything ready for us. \u00a0The night was pretty damn cold – dropped down to about 30 or less. \u00a0We weren’t exactly prepared for that – we didn’t think it’d get that cold at all, but it makes sense given how far north and how high in elevation we were (around 9000ft). \u00a0Thankfully I had insisted on bringing four sleeping bags total and we both used two to keep warm at night.<\/p>\n Back to Crater Lake<\/a>\u00a0::: On to Yellowstone Day 1 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 31 – August 9, 2016 \u00a0It was another night of not-great sleep, but we were better off for it. \u00a0And I’m pretty glad we did. \u00a0We got to drive through the Umpqua National Forest in the day time. \u00a0And it was pretty. \u00a0JA taking more pictures through the windshield. \u00a0That large rock ahead has a lot of graffiti on it. \u00a0People suck. \u00a0I swear he did this just to mess with me. 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