Across Country: Tim turns twenty-five

I had planned to make Tim breakfast in bed on his birthday, but I was compelled to be a grown up and go to an interview instead. Luckily, the interview was not a waste of time, as I did eventually get the job. Tim also behaved like a grown up that morning, by going to the DMV and renewing his license. I gave him all of his gifts before I left: a new leather belt, a green travel coffee mug, a 3lbs bag of Haribo gummi bears, a new wallet, and a dozen Voodoo doughnuts (to make up for the no breakfast in bed thing).

Once we had finished being adults, we packed up the puppies and got in the car. For lunch we had big ass sandwiches. Literally. We drove to downtown and picked up a giant sandwich to split from the Big A** Sandwich food cart. We then attempted to get ourselves to Sauvie Island without the aid of a GPS. We failed and ended up crossing the St. Johns bridge instead. After we whipped out the geepee, and were quickly back on course. This was our first time back to Sauvie Island, after our accidental visit last year during our trip to Portland. We stopped and got teas, juice box sized wines, and Mexican ice pops from the Cracker Barrel General Store. Then we took a relaxing drive through the country, occasionally stopping for photos and play time. We walked down the beach and showed Newton his first waves. He did not like the river waves, but did enjoy eating lots of sand. After stopping at a farm stand to buy a watermelon, we were on our way home.

Once home we relaxed a bit more before going out for dinner. We went to the Rogue Public House and had a flight of beer. I got baked mac n'cheese with onion rings and Tim got his favorite, fish and chips. When we finally got home for the night, I presented Tim with a chocolate pie, wrapping up our day of eat time. There is nothing quite as nice as a day of snacking and relaxing with the one you love.