Life in Transit

Well we've failed on blogging everyday but it's been hard to keep updating the blog while we're on the road with no wireless.

We had an amazing time exploring LA with Jeremiah and the next night sleeping in the middle of the Redwood National Forest wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it might be.

As we traveled into Oregon we both dreamed of ending the trip there and just making Portland our home. But, the trip wasn't over and the adventure had hardly begun.

Everything went as planned until we attempted to drop the car off at the port in Seattle. As we pulled up to the gates and the shipping company and read that they were closed we began to freak out. We had 3 hours until our flight and a car that needed to get on the other side of a 12' fence… Luckily John had some college friends who live in Seattle and who were willing to help us out. So onto the Airport we went.

 I called the shipping company first thing Monday morning and they apologized for not catching the mistake sooner, (we had arranged to drop the vehicle off on that day a month in advance and even had it verified the day before.) So fast forward through our first week here of sightseeing and beginning to get our bearings (and me being really sick! Throwing up and super swollen tonsils..) But we are here!

We spent the weekend camping at Bellows AFB. (Reid Agan got our PACRIM group onto base so we could swim there when I was here back in 2007.)

(this picture is from our attempt at longboarding on Waikiki) [Dec. 2007]

This was our first chance to swim in the ocean. We just kept having those moments of realization- we live here now! I spent a good part of the first week sick and trying to get better while searching for an apartment and preparing for my interview. Thank the Lord, (literally) I got the job and am looking forward to starting work tomorrow! We also find out if we are approved for the apartment that we went to look at last week tomorrow. We'll be better at blogging especially once we get our own place and get wireless. Thank you again to all of our family and friends who supported our big move in every sense of the word. It's going to be tough to be so far from everyone we love but we are so thrilled to be finally getting the adventure we've been longing for!