Thursday, May 10, 2007
spring break - part over
so, remember how i was posting pictures from spring break and stuff?well, i figured i should finish that.
so, on the second to the last day in tucson . . .
deborah and i slept in a bit, walked back to the epic cafe, hung out and then walked around the 4th st street fair. it was really great. sort of like a twice a year saturday market, but with more street performers who were actually good . . . not like creepy elvis here. he's just . . . creepy. ok, sorry if you disagree, but i digress.
then: it. started. pouring!
so we hustled it back to jake's place (on foot) while big fat heavy drops of desert rain fell on us. we didn't have a key to jake's place (he was at work), so we hopped in the rental car and drove around tucson a bit. we got to know the downtown area and all it's one way streets very well. we kindly slowed down so as not to splash the pedestrians with the water from the HUGE puddles that had accumulated so quickly (not everyone was slowing down . . . so these pedestrians were SOAKED). we ended up visiting the first ever Buffallo Exchange (used, new and vintage clothing store). deborah found some goodies and i drooled over some shoes, but was a good girl and didn't buy them. although if those turquoise cowgirl boots had been in my size . . . look out! i don't know why i suddenly wanted cowgirll boots. est the turquoise ones. but maybe it had something to do with me spending 10 days in the SW US.
we met back up at jake's place with him after he got done with work and grabbed some liquid to drink before heading to see this free art show and concert put on my salvador durin (he sang on the album that iron and wine and calexico made together a little while ago). there we ran into some of jake's friends . . . people he hangs out with and has recorded with. it was fun. the show was in this woodworking warehouse . . . plus there were tons of cats everywhere.
salvador durin:
what a great artist! if you can google his art, i would suggest it.
and then this girl named maya (not sure how to spell it) played. she sounded like mazzy star/cat power and ALWAYS sings while sitting on a swing above the crowd. she had wings on for a bit (like claire danes in romeo and juliet) but she took them off because they weren't working out with the swing :(
the next morning, we decided to go hiking. jake took us up the base of the ringcons (not sure i spelled that right either). where we hiked 2.5 miles in and 2.5 miles out. the only javalina we saw was roadkill :( it was so sad. jake really wanted us to see some. he had run into a whole herd of them on this same hike a few months back.
the good thing was, we didn't get attacked by rattlesnakes or africanized killer bees either.
so, we hiked up to this waterfall
and then jake reinacted "nache libre" (if you've seen it you know)
we had some water and some energy bars. skipped some rocks. hung out. and then looked touch for the camera before heading back
oh yeah and deborah and i reinacted "nacho libre" as well
the hike back was downhill (if you know me, you know i don't do uphill very well) so i had the time and energy to take pictures along the way
you can barely see the catalinas in this picture
hiking back down into the valley that is tucson
when we got home we discovered that we were all tired, smelly, thirsty and VERY SUNBURNT. we had made the fatal mistake of not wearing sunscreen because it was overcast.
we took some time to recover and then headed over to the red room to see jake play a set.
we met some of jake's friends from "no more death." they were fabulous people with big hearts. they were also ridiculously good looking. all of them.
jake played an awesome set (accompanied by a guy on the drums who was equally awesome). it was good to hear his music. he even covered a song by portland band dolorean. nice touch.
the next morning, we got up way too early . . . we needed to be on the road by 6 because we had to get deborah all the way back to oklahomah in time for curfew that night.
we drove into the sunrise without even having any coffee.
it was a 15 hour car ride. we only stopped for gas and to take a picture with deborah and a tumbleweed
i did all of the driving. and i never felt like i was going to fall asleep (except for right at first in the morning). thank god for our itrip - that charges the ipod while playing the music over the radio. there were times we wouldn't have made it without tenacious d or monty python.
we got home that night. i met some more of d's friends. they are all fabulous.
i got about 4 hours of sleep and had to get on the road again by 5 to get the car back to the rental place and get to the airport. and then my plane was delayed because of the weather radar or something. so, since i hadn't eaten a full meal the day before . . . i got a garden burger. for breakfast.
i should have gotten home by 2 in the afternoon portland time . . . but it turned out i didn't get in until about 730 instead. i did the math and i think with the time changes and stuff, it was another 16 hour day of travel.
with the one meal.
the nice thing though was that i got to sit next to a woman who was the girlfriend of one of the band members of the decemberists. she had the cutest baby who wanted to eat my dreads. we had a good time chatting and laughing at the baby.
my sister and my friend j picked me up and we went to eat THAI FOOD!!! mmmmm . . .
the man was out of town doing research for the thesis. i slept that night and dreamed of seeing him in a few days
peace,
tj
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