Well, It's been a hectic run for us. Trying to figure out our lives together, our wedding plans, where we're going to live, Really all sorts of stuff! We have manages to go on a couple of adventures...But The Mrs-to-be has all the photos right now, so I'll have to post them up tomorrow. I just felt a need to let any, and all know we are still adventuring, we're just BUSY......we have lives! -Anyway, hang tight, and we'll tell you all about our latest adventures (One in Utah, the other was in Montana.)

Thanks for hanging in there, Y'all!

Then this happened!

As of Last wednsday, on our 2 year anneversery, of our first date, we are engaged.
We went out to a nice(ish) meal,
and saw the Green Hornet (recommended)
Then went out front of the cinema, to take photos of ourselves, for our anneversery,
When Bryndon dropped to a knee and proposed, right as the camera snapped a picture, and quite out of the blue, as far as April was concerned!!
(That was a staggeringly long sentance)

April was presented with a Ruby ring, set in a thin gold band with two of the smallest diamonds you've ever seen in your life on either side. -and because she is the best dame in the whole entire world, she loved it!
(Despite the expression n this photo)

Bryndon had always said he would NEVER get married, so the two of us had hardly even discussed the possibility before. A fact Bryndon used to hide his intent to propose for months.
So when he did propose, April wasn't sure whether he was serious. Because of this, her response to Bryndon, down on one knee, looking up at her with Sappy-Eyes, was: "Are you Kidding me?" asked with not a small ammount of cynicism.
Bryndon replied, telling her he loved her, and didn't want to live without her....

And so, there, in front of the Cinema,(a perfect place for it to happen to us) we were engaged.

Bannack Days

As it is winter, we haven't gone on many an adventure as of late; A few day trips, of course, but nothing big....So we have decided to review one of our favorite Ghost Towns: Bannock Montana.
Bannock is an exceedingly well preserved, abandoned mining town. It costs a couple of bucks to get in, but the money goes toward the upkeep of the town, so it's well worth the few dollars asked. There are over a dosen houses and buildings still standing (including a church, school, mill, and the very impressive Hotel Mead.) We've gone a few times, as it's only a couple hours from our respective parent's homes in Idaho.

Each year in July, a weekend event called "Bannack Days" is held (Crazy-creative name, right?) It's supposed to be a "traditional" event, but in reality, while it is fun, It's not all that great, with REALLY bad rootbeer, frumpy ladies in corsets, and Fat, pants-less "Trapper-dudes" with leather knee-high leggings............Excellent doughnuts though. We attended last year, in hopes of seeing really great reenactments, traditional events, and old-timey costumes.

As we had gone to Bannack previousely, we were excited to see what the Hullah-baloo was about; We planned our trip, and made a weekend out of it: We camped, shot muzzleloaders, made candles, roved around town, and tried hard not tho make fun of the poor preformers.

-At night, we drove a few hours north of the town, and found ourselves in butte to see a late movie, before heading back to sleep in the back of the truck, and attend church services in the old church the next morning....................We recommend visiting any other time of the year, outside of bannack days. Although, it was worth it to take the Very fun, and informative, Mill-Tour.

Until next time!

Washington

We went to Washington.........Okay, it was over a month ago, and I stayed there for a while to attend a digital art school, and April flew up a few times to visit, and drive home with me in the ol' truck, but it was still an adventure/series of adventures. and it was the last one we took.........and it's 2:30am, and I'm bored.
This post is all about the trip UP to Washington, not the visits from April, or the trip back, JUST the trip UP.

Our route took us through Oregon, and Idaho, we could have made it in 14 hours, but it took us 19 because we kept stopping and exploring small towns and random spots on the way.
We stopped in a boss little town in Oregon, called Baker; an apparrently old milling town, full of victorian houses and buildings from the 30's....not to mention the old mill itsself.

When we finally got to Washington, it was pretty late, or early....at any rate, We decided to hold up in a motel for the night, and get to my new diggs first thing in the morning. We found ourselves a howard johnson, and ate a pretty average contenental breakfast the next morning....Afterward, we stopped for some gas across the street; I was baffeled to get a "Green" grocery bag from the attendant at the station, one which, it read, was good at any Safeway.........I was at a shell station........This wouldn't be my last experience with the whole "Green" Garbage in the state of washington.

Anyhow, Once we finally got the truck unloaded at my apartment, and met my friendly-hipster roommate, we headed to Seattle.



We went to all the cliche tourist spots: Fisherman's warf, Ye old Curriosity shop......though oddly, not the space needle.
We went into a hep Antique shop where April bought a very fine yellow Suitcase from the 60's with only one questionable stain on it!



after all that noise, We rode the ferries across to bainbridge Island, where we went to a crazy lil' historic Dutch town, on the Ferry, we made rediculous asses of ourselves, by running around, dancing, singing, and watching a gal try to take "Jumping Photos" of herself.




From Bainbridge island, we drove to the olympic peninsula to explore all the backwoods-ey parts of Washington. It turns out, a bunch of old fisherman have old beat-up boats on their properties. They were really cool, and a lot of fun to explore.


We went to my Hermit-grandfather's old property, where I used to spend my summers all growing up. I made friends with a newt I found in the woods,



and we talked with my grandfather's "Neighbors" and listened to them regale us with memories of my grandparents, while WE tried to fight away their cat in the most subtle and polite way possible.



we spent the rest of the day exploring the mountains and small towns around there, got ourselves lost in Olympia..(a horrible city) drove all the way around the puget sound and back to my apartment in Woodinville. The next day we went BACK into seattle, and litterally drove around for 5 hours trying to find a parking space before just leaving back to Woodinville and indulging in what April refered to as adequately mediocre pizza......Frankly, I think that was being a bit generous. But the serving staff was REALLY friendly!
some random shots from the trip.

High-YAH!

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