I've had a mohawk for the last two weeks. Just this afternoon, I got a 'hawkectomy. I do not miss it.

Despite the handful of compliments I recieved on the three occasions that I actually decided to "style" it, the reward is not worth the price. Here are a few of the lessons I learned as a member of the mohawked citizenry.

1. Stubborn curls do not spike well.
2. In order to actually make it look like a mohawk, something called Hair Glue must be used.
3. Hair glue is hard to wash out.
4. An individual will have a tough time putting temporary color in the mohawk, and volunteers are hard to come by.

As those of you who have already visited our blog may have noticed, we haven't really written anything. We've managed to get a lot of pictures up, and have some more in the queue. I thought I would post a quick update of what has been going on with us since we moved to Portland, Oregon.

Once I got everything settled with the sale of our condo in Virginia, I joined Matt in Portland, where he was employed for three months. With that roadblock out of the way, we are off to travel around the world.

What to do now? All of our stuff is in storage in Portland, as well as both of our cars. We have a lease through August. First, we decided to drive my car across the country, timing the trip so that we could go to Meg & Ben's wedding in Connecticut, then Amanda & Doug's wedding in Virginia. We left May 20. As you will see in our photo gallery, we visited Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore, and many other amazing places as we drove.

Ultimately, we handed over the keys to my car to my parents on June 19 (after exactly one month on the road) having put 6,000 miles on the car. We were fortunate to have the chance to spend some quality time with friends and family along the way. Some people we hadn't seen in a VERY long time. We flew back to Portland on June 21, and slept for about a week.

So, what's next. Well, this week we will finish getting the vaccinations we need to travel around the world. We have been hiking a lot and just generally enjoying what the Portland area has to offer (they don't call it Beervana for nothing!). We have some other hikes coming up. We aren't completely sure when we will be getting on the road again, proabably the last week of July. This time we will be taking the Jeep across the country, with stops at Yosemite, Zion, Bryce, Arches and Canyonlands in Utah, lots of Texas, New Orleans, and Florida (barring hurricanes). As is usually the case, everything is fluid in our world. Ultimately, we will be back in the DC area (probably some time in September), to sell the Jeep and fly out of the country.

Don't forget to check out the new pictures in the Photo Gallery

-Heather

We've yet to actually think of anything to write about, so we leave you to enjoy our photo gallery.