- somehow it works out that jian and Rachel are forced to go to the timber museum with me
- and it has a gift shoppe
- I fall madly in love with the owner of the biscuit store in Portland
- because of the time difference, after each fun filled day, I magically go back to the hotel to discover that in pacific time, csi is on right before bed
- omg, I’m gonna be closer to vegas, where csi takes place! dude, if anything happens to me while I’m out there, I want Nick on my case
- jam, and lots of it
- I return home with tribute drinks based on the cities I saw and the people I met
- I actually get to talk to someone indigenous
- the curator of the velvet painting museum is as quirky as I imagine them to be, gives us a tour, and recommends the best bar ever
- rachel is mellowed by the relaxed charm of the pacific northwest
