Will, Brian and Brandon chowing down under Jefferson BridgeEugene is totally cool.
Let me count the ways. . . In almost no order. . .
1) Big city feel. Sizable downtown area with lots of people. Happening night life with lots of performances etc.
2) Small city feel. Heavy in community. I found myself bumping into the same people over and over if I went to the right places.
3) Pretty bike-able. I was really impressed with the bike signs describing routes and the bicycle trails. Everything is fairly close and most places are not too hilly. This made Eugene a great place to bike around slowly in. For faster biking some smoother roads and bike routes with less stop signs would be awesome..
4) Plenty of parks for circus action.
5) FUN PEOPLE
Next, a little story.
Eugene hosted the US Olympic Track & Field trials. It was kinda crazy. Every hotel room was booked. Everyone was out to make a quick buck. Frat boys sold their driveway parking spots at $35 a day. People rented their house on Craig's list and left town.
My plan: a magic-floating-hoop & harmonica routine at the farmers markets.
The story went like this. I have this crazy dream where I sneak out of the house with a shovel and walk down to the stadium. I dig, dig, dig at the 5 ring olympic emblem which adorns the center of the field. From the earth I pull THE RED RING (represented by, you guess it, my red ring). I awake in the morning sleeping on the ring. Oh no! I am so busted when the olympics find out about this! I must return it at once! So I try, but (thanks to my mime skills) the ring is stuck in the air! Drats. My harmonica music informs me that something lies on the other side of the ring. I climb through and discover the true magic of the ring -- floating, etc -- to save the olympics!
Next, everyone throws money in my hat because they enjoyed it so much.
This worked pretty well and was a lot of fun.
Thanks to everyone who I boogied with! Everyone who hosted me! Everyone who fed me! You all made my Eugene.
Relaxing on Spencers ButteSee more photos here!
2 comments:
haha! the olympics are coming to get you! HEADLINE: Man and red hoop attached forever.
great great great! i went to sebastopol ffor my birthday. it was fun. i ate blackberries. and bought a book at copperfields. and we went to occidental arts and ecology center. so cool! happy friday biking my friend. jro
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt!! hi!
i just started working last night at a new restaurant in town, and lo and behold i see your parents there, right on my first night! anyway your mom gave me this address, and now i can read up on your most excellent adventure, which is pretty sweet.
gimme a shout the next time you find yourself in soco -- i might be here for a while (who knows) and it's been a looooooong time since we saw each other in person.
ummm... OI!
keep the adventureblogs comin!
take care of yoself!
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