Out & About
Our weekly meeting
Date: July 2nd, 2002 |
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This week we had our meeting at the top of Spencer’s Butte which is the highest point in Eugene. The hike lasted about 25 minutes and the summit was shrouded in mist, much chillier than expected but great to get out of downtown for a moment.
Ant, Sean, Nick, Chris at the top of [...]
[read more]U of O gathering
Date: June 28th, 2002 | 1 comment
Last night Nick and Sean attended a small gathering of people at the university of Oregon here in Eugene to discuss tourism and the role we play. We were guests of Larry Neal who is on the board of Hosteling International.
Larry has been teaching at the U of O for 42 years and [...]
More news from CA
Date: June 16th, 2002 | No Comments
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[read more]Caught in Corte Madera
Date: June 12th, 2002 | No Comments
I suppose we were kinding of expecting it, but we never knew when it might strike. Now we know. A day after Sean had completed the drive from Eugene to San Francisco, the BootBus has a problem.
Sean’s currently stuck in Corte Madera. He heard a pop when he was engaging the clutch and now he [...]
Jazzed Up
Date: June 6th, 2002 | No Comments
One of our friends, Lori Fletcher (we’re in a business group, called BNI, together) also likes to sing jazz. She’s done a couple of gigs now that we’ve gone to, and last night she sang at Luna, this awesome, swish-looking joint in downtown. She’s got a group called Deco Moon, with awesome piano and bass [...]
[read more]Our friend Jen Leo
Date: May 22nd, 2002 | No Comments
…is blogging like mad in Written Road - a travel writers blog.
[read more]Camping, but no pictures
Date: May 20th, 2002 | 6 comments
So Chris, Nick and I went camping Saturday night at a place called Eagle’s Rest about 45 minutes drive from Eugene. It was amazingly beautiful, but we forgot to bring the digital camera. Oh well.
Chris is still an amazing firestarter and firekeeper.
In other news, the BootBus was smoking like [...]
RTW by Bike
Date: May 20th, 2002 | 1 comment
Boots member is riding his bicycle Around The World.
[read more]BootBus - Have you seen it?
Date: May 18th, 2002 | No Comments
Have you ever seen the BootBus? Let us know.
[read more]The Virginia Chronicles, Part I
Date: May 15th, 2002 | No Comments
It’s Wednesday night/Thursday morn. My flight into Virginia on Monday went fine. There was a little bad weather when I flew into Washington D.C., but it only delayed me an hour. My mom & stepdad met me at the airport, and my Dad popped by too to say hey. There’s been a lot going on, [...]
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