Never a dull moment

Last weekend we went to wedding # 863 of the year. We met Ryan in Alemeda and then quickly arrived at the Oakland airport to fly off to Oregon. After smoothly checking in and boarding the plane we sat. And sat. And finally the plane started backing up…immediately to stop again as a black SUV pulled up. Ryan, Matt, and I were pressed up against the window as, in all our years of travel, we’ve never seen an SUV pull up just under our plane. First two dogs hopped out of the car, then 4 police, then 3 other police cars pulled up. Exciting! We thought all scrambling for our camera phones.

An hour later it wasn’t so exciting. We were asked to de-board and stand on the tarmac while the dogs smelled all of the passengers. Then, “to make us more comfortable” 3 busses pulled up and scooted us off to an enclosed building where we had to wait until the plane was cleared. Bomb threat…no bomb, though – thank goodness! After all the excitement trying to get a flight from Oakland to Seattle (to catch our transfer to Oregon – odd, I know, considering geography) we made it to Seattle and ran straight to the next gate. Minutes later it took off – phew! Finally, an hour later and a seemingly uneventful flight, we landed and de-boarded. Matt was the first to exclaim, “wow, the Redmond airport is huge!” Then Ryan was in awe at how such a small town could have such a big airport. Finally, the three of us looked up to see a sign welcoming us to Eugene. Oh boy – the excitement was continuing.

After running back onto the tarmac and onto our plane we made it to Redmond. Arriving we were relieved and couldn’t wait to fancy up and get to Brooke’s rehearsal dessert and slideshow. Just a quick wait to get our luggage and we’d be off. Waiting…waiting…waiting. They lost our bags. Seriously, careless easy travel doesn’t exist anymore.

The wedding

Brooke’s family is from Alturas and Ames’ from Alaska. Seriously, you couldn’t find two nicer people or families. Both Brooke and Ames were beautiful and both obviously in love. The ceremony was quick and the dancing prolonged – my kind of event. Catching up with old roommates and friends was great and seeing Brooke and Ames so thrilled to share their lives even better.

The return

Flying back to Oakland was much less eventful than our departure. Leaving Oregon was a bit of a letdown as, although San Francisco still owns my heart, Bend was calming.