Ghost Town

Kate and I went and saw this movie tonight at (I think it's called) The Mill District, in Bend. We hadn't been there before and, it's cool. The photo at the top is from a walking path around the area. The three big smokestacks are, I'm guessing, from the old mill, but now are just sort of iconic. BUT, at the bottom of the stacks: REI. Woo Hoo. I got some carabiners, a light for my bike, and Kate got some slippers. The movie was good. Ricky Gervais is a very funny guy (although parts of it were pretty serious).

Ghost town also refers to the house here in Sunriver with the kids and Mom and Dad gone (they left today). It's been a good chance so far to reconnect, but it's hard to just slip out of our chaotic work and kid schedules and actually have time for just the two of us. I'm not complaining though. We had a lot of fun family time, even though brief. The kids, Kate, Mom and I played the world's longest round of Uno yesterday. We went through the deck 5 times till Mom finally won the round (but Ben won overall). Later after the kids went to bed, Mom and Dad and Kate and I played a game they had here at the house called "Compatable", which was a hoot, but also a little too psychoanalytical at times.

For the second time in 3 years, I signed up for, but did not due the Portland Marathon. It was run today. My training got held up for 2+ months when I broke my toe, so I had to bow out of today's run. I put in 10 miles this morning around Sunriver, but it's not the same (obviously).

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