Good morning, Pacific Northwest! It's Thursday, and I'm just south of Portland, Oregon.

This week so far has been a blast. I've been "camping" with my best friend of too many years to count as we worked our way up from Orange County to Portland. According to my sister, I am not allowed to call it real camping because sleeping in a cabin at a KOA campground doesn't count. Just to clarify, these cabins are about the size of a dorm room, with nothing but two twin bunk beds and a full-size bed with mattress pads. On the porch was a porch swing. That's it. Eating nothing but hot dogs, smores, and FiberOne cereal with evaporated milk mix takes it from cabin-ing to semi-camping. So let's just leave it with I've been "camping" (in quotations) all week. There.

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http://westcoastwanderlust.blogspot.com/2008/09/road-trippin-pacific-northwest-pt-i.html