monday. the start of the flow.

what a day.

this morning i woke up with deeann who had to get up at 3:50am to get ready for her first day of work. the morning was very peaceful. we both made our way just fine. it’s about a 6 minute drive from our apartment(at 3:50 in the morning. a little longer in the afternoon). she’s thinking about taking her bike to the bus stop in front of the apartment, taking the bus to work and riding the bike home. both OHSU and the VA are up this ginormous hill that overlooks the city to the east. the view is unbelievable.

the sun didn’t show up until about 7:30, which surprised me. i started my day with a delicious cup of coffee. since the skies were quite clear i thought i would go for a run down to the riverfront to watch the sun and the city wake up. it was one of the more amazing runs i’ve been on. crisp air, leaves turning, sky painted all sorts of shades, people going to work, and mt. hood showing up. it was my first glance at mt. hood in it’s completeness. mountains always leave me in awe. it was such a blast running along the river and over the different bridges. it will for sure become one of my regular routes.
after i made my way home i starting cleaning and organizing. that went well. every now and again you have to turn up the tunes and sweat out some good organization.

then i went to get deeann. slightly busier at 5pm than 4:45am. however, it was a site to be seen.  as everyone gets off work and makes their way home you realize among many many other reasons(portland really goes out of its way to be environmentally friendly. more to come on that.) that the people of portland care about the earth. you would have thought there was some kind of bike fair or cycling event going on. nope. just people getting of work. EVERYWHERE. bikes all over the freakin’ place. it was AWESOME! all sorts too. custom single-speeds, fixed gears; you name it, it was on the road. can’t wait to break mine out soon. i’ll keep you posted on that.

then deeann and i went for a bit of a walk on the waterfront. the skies were so beautiful all day. perfectly blue and clear. you could see both mt. hood and mt. st. helen’s all day. there are just a few pictures from the day here.

tomorrow: laundry. can’t wait.