07/04/11

Today we went down to the bike shop that Rita’s neighbor owns and got the loaner bike for me to use while I’m here!  YAY!

Hung out all day with the pup and Rita…just relaxed, yo’! 

6:00 pm:

Plans for the evening:

Bike ride down to the waterfront (it’s a 7 mile ride there and back…downhill to get there…uphill to get back), eat strawberries and mascaponi cheese, watch fireworks!

And it’s PACKED!  I think all of Portland was at the waterfront to watch the fireworks.  They are also having a Blues Festival which makes it even more crowded.  We lock up our bikes, find a seat on the grass and break out the strawberries and cheesy goodness!  Mmmmmmmmmm!!  These are local strawberries too, so they basically disintegrate in your hand with juicy amazingness before you even get it to your mouth. 

While sitting on the lawn, Amber is “attacked” by small boy who decided to stand in back of her and spit.  Really?  Control your kid guys!  Oh…and we control him by continuously yelling at him.  Yep.  That’s gonna work.  Now he’s running down to the boardwalk and hiding from you within the throngs of humans…and you don’t even know!  Well it’s a good thing I was keeping track of him, huh?  Tsssssss. 

Two young kids (well, maybe in their early 20’s) seat themselves to the right of us in a little further down the hill and proceed to…um…light up…not cigarettes…huh. Weird.  Yea, I guess it’s ok to do that in Portland Oregon.  I pretty sure that the chick was on heroin or something crazy since, well she was all slow motion and staring and when she got up to adjust how she was sitting it looked as if she had peed her pants.  EW!  So, needless to say, we did not go out of our way to make friends with them.  They did have a lot of visitors throughout the 4 hours who came and went after enjoying their “company” for brief moments. 

10:30 pm:

Fireworks are over and all of the families have somehow disappeared leaving Rita and I surrounded by hoodlums and crazy people setting off their own fireworks!  AH!  Rita needs to use the water closet and did you know that Portland OR has public ones outside on the street???!!  They’re all futuristic looking with blue lighting…I took a picture…making sure I didn’t get anyone who was going in or coming out in the shot.  Promise!! 

11:00 pm:

Back at home and the ride uphill weren’t so bad!  I guess it helps if you’re on a 6 speed, huh and not on your Grandmother’s old Schwin! 

Sleepy time…and I think I got a contact high from all the pot, since when the fireworks started EVERYBODY lit up!  BAH!