My trip to oregon:
was fuckin AWESOME!
took a bunch of pics that are on flickr too!
alrighty here is how it went down:
Drove a grand total of 650 miles
Stopped off in portland for...subway unfortunately! Then also stopped off in lebanon just to snag a pic of the sign cause amber and i thought it was funny.
made it to eugene after 325 miles!!! so much driving. Took about 4.5 hours on the road (minus rest stops and such)
When we got there, we just kinda wandered the town. It was completely different than i had expected. I thought eugene was more of a city, but its kind of just a town with a university in it. It reminded me a lot of snohomish or bothell or something.
Another weird thing was that there was no gangsters, no emo's, no scene kids, no ravers...nothing! just college neo-hippies. The girls wore flowing skirts with some sort of tyedye top, the guys were in birkenstocks, shorts and flannel shirts.
and everyone...i mean EVERYONE rode a damn 60's style bicycle. THAT was the weirdest part. for every 1 car on the road there was 10 bikes. It was a little odd haha.
Anyways amber and i walked on the campus of the U of O. Just found a cool shady spot in the grass and chilled and took some pics. :)
After that, we wandered town a bit more, just to waste some time and explore a town we've never been to. Ended up at a cool hippie shop (suprise suprise) and amber got a cute necklace and i got some sunglasses. Walked a few blocks to "East Meets West" which was
this nice little asian/american resturaunt. REALLY delicious food though. :)
As for the actual show we drove for: it was pretty good, but the venue was too small, the ventilation sucked! (oh btw it was 90 degrees in eugene) and the accoustics werent the best, oh and final complaint: it was all a bunch of 16 year old valley girls. "LYKE O M G RELIENT K ZOMG I HEART THEM" ugh haha shoulda seen it coming though. :p
classic crime was really good, and owl city was amazing as expected!
So after those two played we headed back to the car as i dont really like relient k that much (yes i drove 650 miles for 2 warm up bands...SO worth it)
but packing shit up into the car i see the classic crime putting their stuff away in the van, so i went over to introduce myself and let em know we are from the same area (they are locals from seattle and one guy lived in lynnwood too!) and we chatted it up a bit. They were super nice guys too!!
So we waited around a bit like weirdos so we could meet Adam (he IS owl city) and eventually we did (we werent the only ones waiting hehe)
but i let him know we drove there basically just for him cause the closer shows were sold out and we didnt wanna miss him :p
he was SUPER NICE and even offered me gas money, but i declined :p
Got a picture with him and so did amber.
After that, just drove home. Rolled in around 3 am. what a day! It was definitely a day ill never forget!
So now, here are the pics!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickles1987/sets/72157619013343222/
took a bunch of pics that are on flickr too!
alrighty here is how it went down:
Drove a grand total of 650 miles
Stopped off in portland for...subway unfortunately! Then also stopped off in lebanon just to snag a pic of the sign cause amber and i thought it was funny.
made it to eugene after 325 miles!!! so much driving. Took about 4.5 hours on the road (minus rest stops and such)
When we got there, we just kinda wandered the town. It was completely different than i had expected. I thought eugene was more of a city, but its kind of just a town with a university in it. It reminded me a lot of snohomish or bothell or something.
Another weird thing was that there was no gangsters, no emo's, no scene kids, no ravers...nothing! just college neo-hippies. The girls wore flowing skirts with some sort of tyedye top, the guys were in birkenstocks, shorts and flannel shirts.
and everyone...i mean EVERYONE rode a damn 60's style bicycle. THAT was the weirdest part. for every 1 car on the road there was 10 bikes. It was a little odd haha.
Anyways amber and i walked on the campus of the U of O. Just found a cool shady spot in the grass and chilled and took some pics. :)
After that, we wandered town a bit more, just to waste some time and explore a town we've never been to. Ended up at a cool hippie shop (suprise suprise) and amber got a cute necklace and i got some sunglasses. Walked a few blocks to "East Meets West" which was
this nice little asian/american resturaunt. REALLY delicious food though. :)
As for the actual show we drove for: it was pretty good, but the venue was too small, the ventilation sucked! (oh btw it was 90 degrees in eugene) and the accoustics werent the best, oh and final complaint: it was all a bunch of 16 year old valley girls. "LYKE O M G RELIENT K ZOMG I HEART THEM" ugh haha shoulda seen it coming though. :p
classic crime was really good, and owl city was amazing as expected!
So after those two played we headed back to the car as i dont really like relient k that much (yes i drove 650 miles for 2 warm up bands...SO worth it)
but packing shit up into the car i see the classic crime putting their stuff away in the van, so i went over to introduce myself and let em know we are from the same area (they are locals from seattle and one guy lived in lynnwood too!) and we chatted it up a bit. They were super nice guys too!!
So we waited around a bit like weirdos so we could meet Adam (he IS owl city) and eventually we did (we werent the only ones waiting hehe)
but i let him know we drove there basically just for him cause the closer shows were sold out and we didnt wanna miss him :p
he was SUPER NICE and even offered me gas money, but i declined :p
Got a picture with him and so did amber.
After that, just drove home. Rolled in around 3 am. what a day! It was definitely a day ill never forget!
So now, here are the pics!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickles1987/sets/72157619013343222/