a new chapter begins

We are in portland!!! Here's the view close to our apartment of mt. hood...skiing year round anyone? : ) this place is beautiful. we are so excited to be here. we are starting to get settled in...but there are boxes everywhere.

right now i feel like i have so much to write about, but here is what has been going on this week:

the drive was AMAZING. it was refreshing, entertaining, and literally a worship experience for me. it was so breathtaking. going through montana, idaho, washington and oregon was incredible. i had plenty of podcasts and music on my ipod to keep me entertained for the 28 hour drive...but it did not feel like that long with the amazing scenery. my favorite part was going along the columbia river in oregon...and that is just hours from us. i think we will be going there often to ski, camp, and who knows, i might even go fishing with travis. (he has decided that is something he wants to take up again.)

we made it into oregon about 2pm on monday and unpacked the truck, which took forever. (especially compared to all the help we had packing the truck on saturday...thanks to erik, jill, eric, phillip, heather, luke, taylor, bob, and titus!)

last night we went out with one of travis' flight buddies and his wife. we went to a micro-brewery in northwest portland. i love that whole area just north of downtown. it is very cool. there are so many boutiques and restaurants to explore. the microbrewery we went to was great...i've heard that portland is famous for their beer and i have to say what i got was pretty spectacular. i guess i'll have to become a beer connoisseur here! our friends live in the same apartment complex and it is so nice already having friends here.

tomorrow travis starts training...and i will try to work and unpack at the same time!

that's it for now...