portland, sunny sunny portland.

Hello again! Here's a pic of us playing at the Astoria Farmer's Market.

Our fabulous time in Astoria was capped with a day of ups and downs...downs and ups really, as the day started with M getting a blowout tire on a morning jaunt around town. Fixed that up and got a new tube, while inflating the new tube ANOTHER blowout! So repaired that one, got another spare and off we went to have a sample of beer before heading east to Portland. Drank and ate a little, then we walk out to the bikes...another flat! Totally shredded tube, AGAIN. So, we decide to stay another night in the dreamy sailboat. Well, strolling around town that evening we happen into playing some tunes with a gent, when a bystander asks to listen and then sit in a song. OK we say, sure. After the tune he hand the 3 of us $120! And his pals throw in another $10! Astoria really, really likes us!

So Portland has been a wee bit of a let down in comparison. My ol' college buddy is mucho busy working for SEIU as a union staff director so our time was sweet but short, and not too much else has happened except biking around and drinking coffee, plus some gear repair. Today (Saturday) is our last night so hopefully we'll go out with a bang! Gonna go to a sculpture contest where 18 people use junk to make art. Plus music and general festivities.

Biking here has been a dream--all the cars stop to let us cross the street, and there are lots of paths. Cheers to that!