July 05, 2007
Fourth festivities
Enjoyed a full day on yesterday's holiday. Woke up early and headed out to Hood River for the Joe Kollas Memorial Run, a 7.4 mile event from the small town of Odell to Jackson Park in Hood River. Nate shuttled Jennie and I so we could leave our cars at the finish. It was a fun event, especially finishing along the parade route just before the parade started in Hood River (or were we the start of the parade?). Watched a little bit of the parade then made my way back to Portland for the 1st annual Soulfly bike party, alternatively known as Patriots Gone Wild. This is the brain child of Mark and Jess and they made it all happen yesterday. Things started off mildly enough at my place around 2 o'clock with margaritas, bike decorating, darts and balance board. Actually, the last two were combined successfully, see photo. Then we flew through the streets strutting our stuff to five more houses with fun games and drinks at all of them. Games included beer pong (my partner and I were champs), bobbing for eggs, bocce ball, foosball, croquet. You kind of had to be there and I already can't wait for next year.
Posted by Dave at July 5, 2007 08:29 AM