Back in the Canyon

The official "road" portion of my road trip has begun.  I spent the day yesterday driving down from Seattle to the Canyon, with a couple of stops along the way.  I took the Blaze to Jiffy Lube before I left and even let them do a couple of the extra things.  (Mainly because the guy seemed to be about to pass out due to the condition of my radiator... I don't know why.)

All this to say, the Blaze is running smooothly.  I don't think she's run this well in a long time actually.  So I feel good about the trip.  And I made it on basically one tank of gas!  This bodes well.

Driving into the Canyon was a weird experience because it wasn't weird.  Once I was through Portland, auto pilot kicked in and I was headed to the Canyon.  I went to Morning Mudd this morning and saw a bunch of people and then spent the rest of the morning hanging out in the store with Angela and Amanda, the new Sara.  It was fun to be back in our little retail building, tagging and counting things.  You really can't beat the Canyon!

I'm looking forward to spending the next couple of days catching up with people.  More later.

Also, I have a road trip video diary started, but it won't upload for some reason.  I'll try again later.  Try not to be too sad.

Song of the Day: Sea Breeze by Tyrone Wells (This is my ultimate canyon song and was really weirdly in the CD player in the Blaze when I turned it on today.  Apparently, the last time I was in my Blazer I was jamming to it.  That seems completely possible since I listened to it over and over the last 4 months I was here.)