10:15
I’m still on the train. We’re somewhere south of Eugene. If the train is on schedule, it should pull into Portland @ 15:40. I didn’t sleep very well, and I’m very tired. I’m convinced the train seats were modeled after some kind of medieval torture device! I could really use a nice, warm bed for the night. Hopefully, my friend Mark is able to connect with some of his contacts in Portland, and hook me up with a place to crash. My funds are getting low (until I get paid again on the 28th), so I can’t really afford to stay somewhere.
13:15
We just stopped @ Eugene, OR. The train is only running a little late, so we should be in Portland close to the scheduled time. It’s raining out now, but hopefully it won’t be in Portland.
18:15
I’m sitting in a Peet’s Coffee in what I think is the business district of downtown Portland, OR (corner of SW Washington & SW Broadway). The train arrived around 16:45. I got my bags from baggage-claim, and put everything together. After talking to my friend Mark back in Boulder (he lived in Portland for a year), I’ve decided to head over to Reed College and find a place to camp for the night. I also pulled my last bit of money out, so I have some cash. I’m not sure how long I’ll stay in the city before heading out. I’m going to take highway 30 north out of town to Astoria. It follows the Columbia river all the way to the Pacific coast. Then I’ll begin the journey south along the coast and back to San Francisco.
Oh, also, there was a scale at the train station, and I weighed my rig, fully-loaded. It weighs 114 lbs.!!!!
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