Right… so I haven’t updated this at all, and I’m very sorry everyone who was reading it. I know this is only one more day, but it’s a big one and hopefully it will resolve the whole “cliff hanger” issue. There will be more to come, and even a few pictures at a later date.

Day 17: Crescent City to San FranciscoSo we woke up around dawn on the ( Read more... )

Day 16: Ashland, OR to Crescent City, CA.

I was extremely stressed out all morning.  I got up relatively early ( Read more... )

Day 15: Ashland Oregon, ongoing Shakespeare Festival

After sleeping for 16 hours, I pulled myself out of my bunk.  My body screamed in protest as I walked outside at nine in the morning. It seems that I am now a morning person.  Once Colin and I were up and ( Read more... )

Day 13-14 Trip to Ashland

After reading the same paragraph in my book about ten times I have ( Read more... )

Day 10: the Oregon Country Fair

We went to the fair pretty early, we got to our spot, and a ( Read more... )

Day 9: the Oregon Country Fair

This morning we got a bit of a late start, but as soon as we got to the ( Read more... )

Day 8: Eugene, Oregon & the Oregon Country Fair

Zack: I felt a strong mix of excitement and nerves as Colin and I made our way to the fair.  This is it; the moment of truth.  We have  been planning our show off and on for years, and rehearsing it for about a month, but now is the time to do it.  We wandered around the grounds for a while searching ( Read more... )

Day 7: The Train Ride

If bittersweet were personified in a day, today would be that day.  So far, it has been a mix of emotion and a roller coaster of events.  Colin and I started off today by finishing off the last of our packing and stuffing our packs with just about everything that we might need.  Yesterday, we visited a nearby Army Surplus ( Read more... )

I believe I was in the middle of slaying a dragon and just about to climb the stairs to yonder fair maiden when I was sent into a flashback of my childhood.

The rough hands of my father clamped down on my shoulders and I was unceremoniously pulled awake. My father informed me that it was that magical time of the year. It was time to go buy ( Read more... )

Day 3: Mt. Vernon, Washington

Today we got up really early (like, 9:00 man) and Colin got to drive a gang of Luke's friends up to Zack's dad's property up in Mt. Vernon, Washington.  Mt. Vernon is located in the Skagit valley and surrounding area, and I'm not sure that it is actually a city, but more of just county territory, because we are allowed ( Read more... )