Ghost town hunting and weekend catch-up

Friday we went on our ghost town hunt. It wasn't totally what we were expecting, but there were some interesting highlights from the trip: seeing and photographing Multnomah Falls in the fog, lots of pretty changing-color trees, gorgeous views of Hood, Adams, and St. Helens, and just being outside in the crisp fall air. The ghost towns we wanted to explore weren't what they were cracked up to be because they were all on private property. That prevented us from doing some hands-on exploring, but Marc got lots of nice pictures. When we got back in town we met up with some of the guys from work at Buffalo Wild Wings for some happy hour action.

Saturday was relatively uneventful. We shopped all over town for new skiing/boarding jackets. I finally chose a light purple Burton jacket and picked up some new pants. Marc bought a coat, but in true form, wasn't sure it was what he wanted, so we went back today to buy another. He'll wear them around for awhile and then decide what to return. Marc is a coat and jacket whore. I keep threatening him that I'm going to enact a law that for every coat he buys, he has to donate or sell two that he already has. Now all we have to do is pray for good snow this year.

Today we visited Aaron and Robyn and their newborn twin sons, Logan and Zachary. They were very quiet babies--at least for the hour that we were there. My attitude toward babies is more and more like my attitude toward dogs. I love them, but I'm really glad when they belong to someone else. It's fun holding a baby, but I'll pass on the feeding, diapering, cleaning, etc. Aaron and Robyn are very happy, and I just know that they're going to be wonderful parents. Too bad we've lost our greatest game-playing buddies though.

All of my current ebay auctions ended today, so I've been busy this afternoon and evening getting stuff prepped to send out. I only sold half of the stuff I put up, but I netted about $180, so I think it was worth it. Now I'll have to decide if I want to relist anything or just donate it all away.