We made it!

The day began with much excitement as we boarded the plane. Kayleigh had to do some sprint training as she rushed to Terminal  E... We debated giving up our seats in order to gain travel vouchers, but soon realized if we did that we would never make it out of Houston. So, we quickly decided against that and hopped on our plane to our destination! We even scored seats next to each other on a full flight! We sipped tomato juice and sprite (fearing to be frowned upon by requesting wine at 8 am :) AND argued about the time difference until we landed. Once we landed, we retrieved our luggage and got a bite to eat at the "Flying Elephant". We loved our sandwiches and our one beer each SO much that we would have been happy ending our trip right there, the very place we started it. We didn't know where we were going or what we were going to do from there. So we walked by the welcome center, felt too touristy, and made a B line to the MAX rail ticket purchase machine. BEST PURCHASE YET. We got on the MAX and headed towards our rental...

Well, we were basically dropped off on the freeway, with our luggage, didn't know what to do but walk. And so we walked...and walked...and walked some more. We weaved and wove our way through neighborhood streets, up and down some streets multiple times before having a seat in some shade when a sweet lady pulled up and asked us if she could help. She got us going in the right direction, and then we were asked by another friendly face if we were lost when we stopped on the sidewalk outside his house. Needless to say, we were very gracious and thankful for all the kindness we came across, AND the amazing weather. We would not have made it walking around in South Texas with all our loot.

We finally met our rental's owner along with a too friendly of a neighbor that was wayyy to excited to see two new girls wandering the streets of NE Portland. She showed us our cute little house for the week as well as a few secret passage ways to get to the rail. (no more walking for hours for us!) Next we thought it would be a grand idea to explore our new city! This boils down to spending several and we mean SEVERAL hours on public transportation. All we wanted to do was be one with nature but nooooo. We have witnessed Portland's finest, from tween lovers to the worst mother ever, as well as several feral children. Later in the evening we returned to homebase and dragged our sleepy and hungry selves to the grocery store to once again be overwhelmed by all OR has to offer.

We have high high hopes for tomorrow's agenda. Planning on touring the local Rose Sanctuary and making our way to nature.

     Loooove,
 Kayleigh and Bec