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Over the weekend we drove up to Eugene for Amber and Aaron’s wedding. Millie went to high school with Amber, so that’s yet another making the leap. Then in a couple of weeks we’ll be going to another wedding, and I know of two more couples in Colorado that are getting married this year! I guess we’re just at that age. Maybe now Millie and I can make the excuse that we’re waiting for everyone’s wallets to recover so we can get better gifts.

Anyway, while the drive was exhausting, we had a fun weekend. We hung out with a lot of Millie’s old friends, went out to the Rock ‘n Rodeo, and of course went to the wedding and reception. Not really in that order, but you get the point. I’ve never seen a wedding reception with a fire juggler and a magician, so they definitely get props for that.

Oh, and I guess my grandparents were in Oregon near Eugene, and I didn’t realize it, so we missed an opportunity to visit them. Well, now we’ll just have to convince them to come visit us at our house.

I’m happy to report that the tag on my car has been removed! Ben has some “miracle” wax with a mild abrasive in it, and that took the marks right off with very little effort. A tiny bit in the crack evaded our effort, but it’s hardly visible, so I’m not worried about it. I hope that whoever did it realizes how stupid that kind of behavior is, but now I can put it behind me.

We were up in Eugene this weekend to attend a wedding — I’ll put up pictures from that later…

Just when you thought you were lucky to get a post from me, here comes another one! And this one has pictures too!

Ben and Kelley invited us up to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, and we were happy to oblige. Neither of us had been up there before, and now I wonder why we waited so long. It feels a lot like Colorado — it’s even at a decent altitude! I tend to be a bit snooty when people mention “high altitude” that’s not even any higher than Denver, so it was nice to see that Tahoe is at about 6200 feet.

The lake itself is amazing — now I understand the “Keep Tahoo Blue” stickers you see everywhere. But just being up in some real mountains made me feel right at home again. It’s a bit of a drive, at about 4.5 hours, but we’ll definitely have to be going back there…

Better late than never, here are our pictures from our trip to Mexico! Be sure to click for the full album.

We had a really great time in Puerto Vallarta. We stayed at the the Dreams Resort, which was all-inclusive and had a private beach. I’m not much of a swimmer, but I really enjoyed going out into the ocean. The water was so warm that it might as well have been bath water!

One day we went out on a tour boat to see the Marietta Islands, where we got to go snorkeling to see tropical fish and coral. (Unfortunately we didn’t bring the camera that day.) It was crazy to see so many fish swimming right around me! The tour also took us to a “virgin” beach with great sand and big waves, and tide pools with a bunch of crabs. On the way back the crew opened up the bar and got everyone dancing (even me!), which was a lot of fun.

Another day we went on a canopy tour, which was basically a long series of ziplines, high up in the jungle canopy. We took a ride about an hour into the heart of Mexico riding in an truck that looked like an army transport or something. Then we rigged up, and started zipping around about 100 feet off the ground. The guides were explaining all of the vegetation and wildlife to us on the way, so it was even a bit educational.

My only negative about the trip is that Puerto Vallarta is such a tourist town. Everywhere you go people try to sell you souvenirs, and most things are still written in English. That’s good in a way, since I only know a few words in Spanish. But apart from paying for everything in pesos, the whole “different-country” aspect got a little lost. Maybe next time we can go to Mexico with someone who speaks Spanish (Ben?) and we can go off the tourist path a bit.

All in all though, definitely a good trip.