Wednesday July 5 to Monday July 10, 0.0mi/0.0km

I must have been tired, because I slept in at the hostel until 9am. The first task of the day was to retrieve my car which was in storage, so I rode the Max train up to Beaverton.

By the time I got to my car, it was noon so I had lunch, and then spent most of the afternoon shopping for various pieces of replacement gear that had worn out. There are a ton of outdoor gear shops scattered around Portland, so the process was not efficient. When dinnertime came around, I found myself just north of Portland, so I stopped at a place called Pinky’s pizza. They specialized in whiskey drinks and crafts pizzas.

The next day I had a few more errands to do, like getting my car’s oil changed, and doing a little bit of food shopping. And of course the requisite visit to salt & straw. Yum.

That night I got on a red eye flight to Charleston, where my sister and brother-in-law live. I was able to sleep for a couple hours on the plane, and by the time we landed it was morning.

The timing for this visit to Charleston was for my sister’s birthday, and a bunch of other people also arrived on Friday.

Their dog Gus was loving on everybody!

Saturday was the big day, a party by the pool!

On Sunday we had a more relaxed day, and went to see one of their friends perform with his band.

On Monday, my brother Jeff arrived back to Charleston so we had lunch at Lewis Barbecue. That afternoon was my flight to Paris, with a stopover at JFK. The plane going from JFK to Paris was huge and modern, and not very full so I had a whole row of seats to myself. Strangely, the USB ports were still the old style. Bummer.

I slept pretty well on that plane, and arrived to Paris on Tuesday afternoon. Time for a new adventure!