PAGE 100~~!!!!!! FUCK YEAH XD

YES!!! I FINALLY DID IT!!! PAGE 100 BABY~~~ I can't believe it, it's not even the end of summer yet. I reached my goal, YES~~~

Also i just got back from a road trip in Oregon. Hella fun, I was there for a week XD


MY TRIP TO OREGON:


So we're driving, it takes 7 hours to get there (great =P) we end up stopping at a few beaches along the way. After, we reach the hotel and go exploring on another beach and around the town.

The next day is mail boats (basically a large jet boat) it took us down a river, super fun going down the rapids but SUPER COLD in the morning and we got so wet. There also was this super adorable black kitty at the lunch stop =3 Very snooty and very lazy though. After that we went down to more beaches. (we must have went to 12 different beaches total through the whole trip oo"") There also this one spot where you could literally stand on the edge of a cliff. Mom didn't let us get too close ^^"

Next day, it's back on the road, 2 hours to the next hotel. We stop at a place called Game Park and it's a "zoo" kind of area. Small but they had really cool animals and umm... let's just say, you were able to get closer to them than you wanted to. They were not secure. They could easily get out if they wanted to, and that white tiger did not look too friendly oo"" At the park we held multiple baby animals including a leopard (that was trying to be ferosious, didn't work X3 he was so cute), ferrets (like the ones in my story =D), possum and lion cubs. We were able to pet the older animals. After the park, we road in dune buggies and they took us on the dunes. Like REALLY REALLY HILL TALL MOUNTAINS OF SAND. I am not even kidding. So much fun though, we went up to 80 miles an hour. The sand hitting against your face really hurt though >///< when we were through i had sand in my hair and ears. Even in my nose =P So we go to the hotel, wash up and end of the day.

Morning in Oregon again and it's off to the Tillamook cheese factory, and hour and a half drive and we went though the whole place in a half hour... But we got good ice cream there =D After we are heading back to the hotel and stop at a haunted lighthouse (that's not really haunted =P sadly) and another beach where my sister fell flat on her face XD We reach the hotel, and decided to go swimming, I swim to the bottom (that i can't see cause the water wasn't too clear) and all of a sudden my knuckles hit the bottom. Okay, i found the bottom, come up and my knuckles are bleeding. They were stinging the rest of the trip =P Now it's dinner time and the waiter was HORRIBLE, it was SO funny though, i was crying. My dad asks for bread and they don't have any cause it was too old so they threw it out. He takes forever to bring the water, the salad, then the pasta and it's like chef boy ar dee raviolis. Mom decides, she wants cheese, tells the waiter, and about fifteen- twenty minutes later she's done with half her meal. When he comes back he comes back with no cheese and goes "Can i get you anything?" LOL there's more too it, but you just had to be there, we were joking that he had to go to Safeway cause he had to through out the old cheese. People were staring at us ^^"

To the next hotel, another two hours away, we stop at Silver Falls along the way and mom decides she wants to walk the whole thing. 7.1 miles they said and they said it was easy, you can finish in about two hours. The first hour and a half i was feeling happy and childish, chasing after the butterflies that were everywhere. After that i got tired... the dirt trail was uphill, downhill, muddy, slippery, rocky, spiderwebs EVERYWHERE (i was constantly slapping at myself. i don't care about the other bugs, it's just the spiders and i swear i am an eight-legged creature magnet). My feet hurt, i need to go to the bathroom, I'm tired, it's hot and we are all alone because we were the family stupid enough to walk the ENTIRE THING. When I saw the lodge as we came out of the forest, i started crying T-T you have no idea how happy I was to see people and cars and food. People stared at me T-T It was NOT 7.1 miles, it was NOT easy. That was a MURDEROUS NON STOP 8 MILE HIKE. On the plus side, there were lots of pretty waterfalls.

The following day, we went white water rafting for the whole day (level 3 rapids), fifteen minutes to get there, bus ride to the river is two hours. I almost fell out of the raft... (no surprise). I was the first to jump into the river when we were allowed, I floated down the rapids twice when we were allowed. The water was like ICE, but after the stinging stopped and your body was numb, you were fine ^^ Mom said I'm braver than she thought i was. Anyway when you get out you dry hella fast though since the temperature was OVER 100 degrees. Lots of bugs. I now have mosquito bites on my arm and bruises on my legs. My butt hurts too >///<

To the last hotel, it wasn't till then that mom asked me what i got for myself on that three hour drive. I told her nothing. Yes nothing. I had been so busy looking for everyone else that i was stupid enough to forget myself. Mom wasn't going to let me leave without something. Jess called me a "selfless idiot". At least everyone else got something =P On the way we went to crater lake. VERY PRETTY. We stopped at their gift shop for me. Nothing. We continue to the hotel. Nothing.

The next day, we go looking for a store (that's open since most are closed since it's Sunday) The lady at the counter tells us to try Safeway T-T yeah, a souvenir from Safeway is what I've been longing for. I ended up taking one of the gifts i got for one of my other friends and instead getting them something else that had to do with Oregon. Then we drove home the last 6 hours.

In the end, I spent 3 bucks on myself total T-T everyone else was at least 10 to 15, but I guess that's okay. I'll just have to lie to grandma when I see her >///< (she gave me 25$ for MYSELF)

This whole trip I was looking for seashells though, I didn't get any, but on the dunes, the guide took us to a beach over them and the beach was COVERED with them... and I was strapped down in the seat, not allowed to get out... I had to cross sand dunes to get there T-T


Things I learned about Oregon:

You can't get Coca Cola anywhere

You don't pay tax

It's illegal to fill up your own gas tank

People are strict rule followers

Everyone is REALLY friendly

People obsess over agates (stones found on the beach... never found any of those either)


All in all, a fun road trip. I'm in pain right now, but it was fun ^^



Well that's it for now.

Bye~