We headed North, dreaming of green grass and fresh air. We stumbled into Bend OR into the waiting arms of three of our dearest friends after almost twelve hours of traveling. Mel and her husband Gabe and their two year old Leo greeted us warmly. After hot showers, a meal and being entertained by their son we gratefully spilled into their guest bed. We spent the next three days being fed amazing cuisine (scrumptious Thai) wonderful company and having lots of laughs. After leaving such an amazing community during Burning Man we could not imagine a better family to decompress with.
I of course got my first of many baby fixes and totally fell in love with Leo. I mean come on, with that smile, those curls, and that personality who wouldn't love him! Josh tried not to be too jealous as he and Gabe talked music shop, and Mel and I gushed about the upcoming nuptials of Josh and I. It was nice to see some of our chosen family again.
During one day in sunny Bend ("it never rains here" to quote Gabe, and this only hours before an torrential hail, rain and thunder storm) we pulled EVERYTHING out of the RV to do a super clean. We knew it was time when Leo (who is still mastering the art of speaking) declared "Dirty!" when I brought him into the RV for a tour. During the deep clean, Mel's sister Dara, who owns an awesome salon literally across the street, offered to give me a cut. I had mentioned to Mel the day before that I was in need of a trim and her sister happily obliged. Besides I was looking for an excuse to get my hands of of the now gray soapy water that I had been scrubbing the floor with. One needs to look HOT when covered in playa dust from head to toe.
After the deep clean and the trim, Gabe had to dash to a rehearsal, so Mel, Josh, Dara, her daughter Veda and I went to a happening Mexican Restaurant and ate WAY TOO MUCH! It was delicious and the pitcher of margarita's washed everything down perfectly. If anyone is ever looking for good eats, they should book a flight to Bend and look up Gabe and Mel who were a wealth of restaurant knowledge.
Josh and I managed to pull Gabe away from work one morning, we headed to an amazing little place for breakfast/lunch. we sat outside in the sun surrounded by beautiful blooms and a very sweet man made stream. Once we ate our fill we took a very scenic drive to the top of Pilot Butte and marvled at the amazing scenery. We certainly don't have mountains like THAT on the east coast!
It was sad to leave, Bend was as beautiful as we had imagined and we will always look forward to visiting our good friends there.
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Just don't think about moving there permanently or I will key your Mercedes and slowly pull all the fur off of your cats...
Just kidding. (not at all)
Love,love,love...
Nice Dad...boy do I feel loved!
Bend has a history of people coming but never leaving.I think it's the volcanic range that meets the high desert or is it the amazing beer paired with fine NW....? You've made a lasting impression on Leo, he likes to talk about "Josss n' Linseee." Every time he sees a trailer he asks about you.:)Sweeet.
Can't wait to see you in August.
Love,Mel
Oh, Bend. Met Annie there. 'Twas there that we invented our annual celebration of "We've Only Been Doing This For a Little While and Have So Much More to Go." August 15th.
My memory is, that in Summer it does rain, but it's 15-20 minutes max at just around 3 in the afternoon. The rules may have changed since then.
Used to be able to go behind Tumolo Falls; can you still do that?
Jim had a record store there. Did he tell you about that?
Funny. Jim said it was mostly Mike's store! Sounds like you guys had a blast with that!
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