Progress

Well, we made it to town yesterday evening. My seat partner on the bus was on her way to Bend to visit her brother, and we wound up splitting a cab to the restaurant he works at. Had some delicious local beer, a pretty solid black bean burger, and good times.

Then our couchsurfing host came by to pick us up, brought us to her pad where we dropped our stuff. We went out to 10 Barrels Brewing Co. (one down, eight to go), sat on a patio with a big fire pit, enjoyed a couple libations and talked mainly about travel. Our host is way cool, so energetic and outgoing.

Then today Ryan and I went out to look at apartments. The first one was really nice but not ready for another month, so the property manager directed us across town to another place. Wow. The neighborhood is great. The apartment is surrounded by two local grocers, a coffee house and roaster, a Mediterranean restaurant... and it's a 5 minute walk from downtown. Keep your fingers crossed that we get it!

Oh, also grabbed a pint at the Deschutes Brewery (!!!!) for lunch. Seven more to go...