you have died of dysentery.

YES! lucy thinks that (the title) is too negative of a commentary of our time in oregon, but i think it’s hilarious.

today was another pretty long drive. the driving itself was only about 10 hours, but between stopping for lunch and gas and saying goodbye to lucy’s dad, we were actually traveling for about 12 hours altogether.

we left around 730 (pst) this morning with an additional passenger! lucy’s dad tagged along to eugene, or. as i said in yesterday’s post, it was super fun to hang out, and we definitely heard more awesome stories in the car. and i felt particularly special because i told him about earth hour, which he had not heard of yet. it’s my small attempt at helping to save the environment. check it out here, and tell all your friends, because it’s definitely important. you don’t have to do the whole song and dance if you don’t want, but i think it’s worth investing in. enough preaching.

so we dropped lucy’s dad off at a coffee shop near the university of oregon so he could attend a demonstration,

and then continued on our merry way.

after a couple of hours we finally crossed into california and decided to grab some lunch. vicki the gps voice directed us to a creeeeepy place that didn’t actually end up being any sort of deli, as she promised:

but luckily she redeemed herself after we got back on the highway, and led us to this gem:

which was pretty perfect.

and then it was basically just five hours of driving after that. we got stuck in traffic for a little while on 80W, but still ended up getting to our friend catie’s in record time.

driving through san francisco to get to her place was gorgeous, despite the blinding sun, and her apartment is equally as awesome.

i’m doing the same thing that i did with the whidbey albums… as i type, i’m uploading one flickr album dedicated to the drive from portland to san francisco, and i’ll continue adding to “adventures in san francisco” as time goes on. we’re here until wednesday, so there’ll be a lot. but the ones that are in there now are from tonight. we hung out at catie’s and had some beers, and then the three of us met up with jamie in the mission for dinner. it was a lovely little aib reunion, and we had a great time. most of the pictures, though, are from clarion st around the corner from the restaurant (luna park) where there was a ton of awesome graffiti. not to mention awesome kung-fu poses.

and catie JUST reminded us that tomorrow is st patrick’s day, too, so things should get pretty awesome up in the flickr. but considering that catie and jamie both have real-people jobs, they’ll be working for the weekend for the next couple of days while we explore the city, and we’ll do the partying at night.

expect the pictures and posts in the early afternoon the next couple of days.

ps – we learned that california cops hang out at starbucks, not dunkin’ donuts. classy.