Fuck It! Summer revisited.

Okay. I know that I failed in my feeble attempt to try and write a weekly (if that) updated translation of our summer adventure throughout the midwest. Also, I have a very good reason why I didn't commit to such demanding tasks and here are my lame excuses; I'm not a writer for one, and therefore I am granted at least some type of immunity towards my inability to be clever enough to singlehandedly amuse you with my adventurous wit and charm. I was so busy entertaining more important endeavors throughout our trip that it would've lowered my responsibility to others around me to have to consistently check in and inform you of my current status. After all this isn't Twitter and I don't Tweet!

That said I can say that although our summer trip has been over for a week now, we (my wife & I ) have officially had an EPIC summer! We traveled to far places throughout the midwest and have enjoyed every minute of it. All throughout our journey from Portland to Yellowstone it was as beautiful as I'd imagined.

I'd like to take this time to especially thank my wife, in-laws, nephew, Goldie & Rose for some very memorable days/nights. You all are truly entertaining and a joy to be around. I couldn't have asked for a better family to be married into. I appreciate all that you have done for me and Melinda and enthusiastically look forward towards our next encounter. This is merely the beginning of our adventures together. Till next time we meet in the lobby of 4 Bears, with the stench of cigarettes in the air, the anticipation of meeting "Larry Lobster" in the bonus round and Tim's good old luck. You are all one in a million.

Road Trip / Day 1

I first started out with the intention of writing about our journey to the midwest on a day by day basis however, it never seems to turn out that way. Staying committed to the actual idea of blogging while in the process of traveling is very low on my priority list to be honest. I'd much rather document it with pictures, then transfer my memories as best as I can later. That said, these particular travel blogs will not be in real time and may have a slight delay. I'll try to keep the days as close to the date as possible but no guarantees. Moving forward, here is my documentation of our 2010 midwest adventure.

Our first day's journey was to leave San Francisco early in the morning on Friday 6/25 and head north towards Oregon stopping at various eateries and sites along the way and eventually stopping to spend the night in Portland. We searched online for interesting places to see and eat along the way and our first stop brought us to Redding CA where we saw that they have a popular bridge called the "Sundial Bridge" and a cozy cafe to have lunch called "the Old Mill Eatery".

The bridge was a pretty impressive spectacle and I never would have pictured something of this nature and class to be located in the town of Redding. I highly recommend checking it out if you ever cruise through. The Old Mill Eatery was pretty damn tasty too. The portions were HUGE (always a plus in my book), and service was friendly. I knew that this summer I would be devouring an endless supply of meat while staying with the in-laws so in order to prepare for my carnivorous rampage I ordered the french dip. Lean pieces of beef that almost melted when dipped in the au-jous served along with a side of crinkle cut fries DAMN! I wish this place was
close to San Francisco.