bend is an awesome place. it's a lot like what i thought corvallis would be like - much more artsy with lots of community things going on in the summer. i realize that corvallis is very osu-centered/focused, but i don't think that's an excuse to not have art galleries, museums, summer free outdoor concerts, etc. there is so much to do in this area, and yet, you need a car to do so much of it. ahhh well.
anyways, i just loved bend. i would move there in a heartbeat if it were a wee bit closer to the ocean (details details). and i had a great time visiting the oregon clan. we went on a bit of a central oregon high desert tour so that uncle danny could sell his motorcycle and got to watch people rafting down the deschutes river ...
... which i totally want to do. what fun! it's just so beautiful, and it made me happy to be back in the desert. the coast is beautiful, but man, i miss the desert.
and while we were exploring we came across this:
a rendezvous of vw vanagons (a.k.a. rendezvovw)! oh my goodness how delightfully fun. this is a horrible photo, but it was literally just a big bunch of these vanagons in a field, people just camping, hanging out, enjoying themselves. the boys were completely uninterested while uncle danny, aunt robin, and i oohed and ahhed over how cute and fun they were.
and then we got to talking about how completely logical owning a vw vanagon would be for me at this stage of my life. you can live in it; it holds a lot of stuff; it's cute. when we returned to bend, we spent some time on ebay looking up all the wonderful ones you can buy and i e-mailed it to my dad who, when i talked to him later said, "alexis, do you know why we got rid of ours?" to which i replied no. and he said, "because it was simultaneously the most useful and most expensive car we have ever owned"
he is still hoping i will forget about this. (are you reading this dad?)
so i had a lovely time. i hope to go back again soon!
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