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bitwrangler	Another year...ANOTHER marathong...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 17231 (09/28/08 9:02 PM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None OH jaysus. In ONE WEEK (october 5th) I will once again do something stupid and attempt to travel 26.2 miles under my own power (well, that and the gas generated by eating WHEY FORTIFIED protein bars and beverages). But in order to do so, I'll also need to travel more than 2800 miles by air....to OREGONE!!! I know we don't have anyone who posts here who lives there, but if we did.... SO, If you know of any SUPAH SECRET OR WONDERFUL THINGS TO DO IN OREGONE...let me know!!!! We are staying at a ludicrously expensive hotel (we are HOSTEL PEOPLE...anythign more than 30 bucks a night is ludicrous) (it is near the marathon...I THINK...LOL) and then we are heading out to explore the coast and the wineries of Oregon... We are spending one night in Arch Cape at a BED AND BREAKFAST...lol...considering that we are HOSTEL people, this should be interesting....and traveling down to parallel Eugene...and then we are back to Portland and HOPEFULLY to the HOOD RIVER AREA so I can visit one of the WINDSURFING MECCAS...Columbia River Gorge...sigh...if only i weighed 150 lbs and hadn't stopped windsurfing...but it will be awesome to see it. Wish me luck and hopefully those of you who know who I am can track me at the marathong's website! http://www.portlandmarathon.org/ Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
kittyphx		#1	[-]
Posts: 1965 (09/28/08 11:19 PM) needs new subnic Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	awesome! I wish I'd known in advance. I would've definitely made travel plans. Good Luck! I will try to track you!
bendnkrack		#2	[-]
Posts: 11842 (09/28/08 11:38 PM) RACKET MAN Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Woohoo! Another 26.2
bitwrangler		#3	[-]
Posts: 17234 (09/28/08 11:39 PM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	aw!!!!! I figured it was such a remote place that no one would want to travel there You were so wonderful at the last run! I will forever be grateful for the scooter. That story still gets told around the running group...LOL. So many people are doing the Marine Corps this year...I think we may do it NEXT year, so keep that in mind! YAy for DC. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
Smack		#4	[-]
Posts: 223 (09/29/08 12:21 AM) Secretary of ASS Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I wanna see pictures of the coast! So much of our experience is intangible. So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed: it's unspeakable. And yet when we communicate with one another and we feel that we have connected and we think that we're understood, we have a feeling of almost spiritual communion. And that feeling might be transient but I think it's what we live for. ~ Waking Life
bitwrangler		#5	[-]
Posts: 17239 (09/29/08 8:05 PM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I will take THOUSANDS...of photos... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
transmogrify		#6	[-]
Posts: 5986 (09/29/08 8:34 PM) Rides Trains Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	you go girl i want pictures of you in your mara thong!!!! there's a really cool hot springs about an hour south of portland, let me see if i can find the information.... here comethe bees
bitwrangler		#7	[-]
Posts: 17249 (10/03/08 8:13 PM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	omg it's RAINING IN PORTLAND. surrrr prise. I wonder if we will have rain on sunday for the race... i'll post pix when i can... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
Smack		#8	[-]
Posts: 237 (10/03/08 8:21 PM) Secretary of ASS Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I can't wait to see them! I miss the rain. I clicked on the link to see if I could figure out how to track someone but I couldn't find any explanation on the page. We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Marianne Williamson
bitwrangler		#9	[-]
Posts: 17251 (10/03/08 11:40 PM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	i don't know if they will do that in Portland's race (the tracky thing) we shared two bottles of wine with two other people. i think i'm a gonna go to bed now...it's nearly midnite for my body...only 9 pm for portland.... cries Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
Smack		#10	[-]
Posts: 243 (10/05/08 1:16 PM) Secretary of ASS Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Run, bitty, run! Yay, whoot! We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Marianne Williamson
bendnkrack		#11	[-]
Posts: 11861 (10/05/08 1:42 PM) RACKET MAN Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	are you there yet?
Kimbob the Magnificent		#12	[-]
Posts: 2016 (10/05/08 8:36 PM) Mangina Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I used to live in oregon and DESPISED it but the coast is really beautiful. Take a dinner cruise on the columbia river - they're really nice. Be prepared for windiness, though. The gorge is a giant wind tunnel! If you're heading down the coast as far south as eugene (parallel, that is, since eugene is inland) stop in Lincoln City on your way down. There is an outlet mall there TO DIE FOR. Really excellent. Plus lincoln city is a fun little spot. My friends live in Florence - actually Dune City (which is the coastal city to the west of eugene). It's a very adorable city with beautiful beaches (even in the cold) and a cozy little town where a bunch of rivers intersect right next to the ocean. It's worth a stop. Too bad it's all wintertimey because in the summer eugene itself has the most amazing outdoor market on the weekends - worth the trip inland. And college town are always fun. Oregon is a bizarre place. Some of the most beautiful, raw and savage land in america, with really sucktardish people (i.e., if the people who watched jerry springer all inbred more - their offspring would move to oregon). Kimbob the Excited for You Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
Smack		#13	[-]
Posts: 246 (10/05/08 8:54 PM) Secretary of ASS Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Just curious, did you get a "big city" feel from Portland? I recently saw a satellite image taken at night of the West Coast, and Seattle & Portland looked downright tiny compared to Northern and Southern California (which can be seen from space because of all the lights). We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Marianne Williamson
bitwrangler		#14	[-]
Posts: 17252 (10/06/08 10:00 AM) Going rogue Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Portland reminds me of Raleigh if they had a river running thru it. There is NO sales tax, which is bizarre, but they wallop you with hotel room taxes. So they depend upon tourists to make money, and as such, it feels like a tourist oriented town. The run is now over! I did it in 6 hours and 14 minutes. I started getting pissed off about mile 24 that the markers weren't well placed according to my wrist GPS. I missed setting my race goal by 14 minutes, BUT i beat my first marathon goal by 22 minutes! yay me. I don't think I could live here if it stays as cloudy and rainy as it has for the past three days. I like rain, but i need the sun too. We'll see how it goes, Kimbob, on the trip and see if we can check into Lincoln City. Bert has us going up and down the coast in search of Bed and Breakfasts. Lord, I didn't know he was into that sort of thing. I'm hoping I can post photos soon, but i'm too damn lazy right now. The St. John's bridge in Portland made jacksonville's green monster look puny. It was pretty intense to run thru this city. later yall! Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -- george carlin
bendnkrack		#15	[-]
Posts: 11864 (10/06/08 11:47 AM) RACKET MAN Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	yay! You did it! AGAIN!
xabana		#16	[-]
Posts: 21 (10/06/08 12:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Wow, congratz. What an achievement!
kittyphx		#17	[-]
Posts: 1969 (10/06/08 1:44 PM) needs new subnic Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I'm so proud of you bitty!
Smack		#18	[-]
Posts: 248 (10/06/08 3:26 PM) Secretary of ASS Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I don't think I could live here if it stays as cloudy and rainy as it has for the past three days. I like rain, but i need the sun too. Some people get used to it but yeah, there are a lot of folks up there who get that disease SAD (I think it's Seasonal Affective Disorder) because it pretty much rains all the time. We were born to make manifest the Glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Marianne Williamson
SS MagicMark		#19	[-]
Posts: 81 (10/06/08 4:54 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Kimbob the Magnificent wrote: I used to live in oregon and DESPISED it but the coast is really beautiful. Take a dinner cruise on the columbia river - they're really nice. Be prepared for windiness, though. The gorge is a giant wind tunnel! After all those protein bars, I don't think a little windiness will bother her.
transmogrify		#20	[-]
Posts: 5991 (10/06/08 6:14 PM) Rides Trains Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	i'm waiting for my phone call, here in SF, just a little south of oregon...... here comethe bees

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