Another Roadtrip begins...
Nov.18, Thursday
We left the ranch early for Portland today. We crammed ourselves into the Ranch's Jeep Cherokee. Travis stayed back to do some things around the ranch. Our first stop was George Fox University. Gearge Fox is a small school in Portland (about 1000 students I think). We set up a table and played the Ranch video while we talked with the students about the Ranch. The purpose of our visit was to promote the Ranch.
That night we stayed with the Gilbertson's. They are a JH host family and have been to the Ranch several times. They were great. Also, that night Dan's brother, who lives in Portland, showed us around the well known 23rd street and gave us a tour of downtown Portland. There are many coffee shops in Portland.
Nov.19, Friday
We left the Gilbertson's house early Friday morning and picked Dan up from his brother's apartment on our way out of the city. Today we drove to Seattle Pacific University in downtown Seattle to meet up with Sara (our contact their). We set up a table like we did at George Fox and basically did the same thing (promote JH and talke to people).
Seattle is an awesome city (also with lots of coffee shops). We stayed with the Zorn family for the entire weekend. We felt so welcome in their household. SaraRachel Zorn (the two oldest daughters) showed us around the city (the tour was great). We ate Dinner Friday night at a small Mexican restaraunt named Mama's. It is supposedly the best Mexican restaraunt in Seattle.
Nov.20, Saturday
We woke up this morning and Mr. Zorn (Jim) told us he was going to take us on a tour of the Seattle Seahawks headquarters. He is the quarterbacks coach for the team and played for the Seahawks in the late 70's and early 80's. It was great! We got to see all of the training facilites and the locker rooms and offices. This took about half of the day.
The Auburn Alabama game was today. I got to watch the 4th quarter but it was over by then. Auburn won easily but the score was not that impressive (21-13). I wish I had been able to watch all of the game.
The Zorn girls took us to Pike's Place market today. This is one of the most well know things to see in Seattle. It is a market that is covered and right on the edge of Puget Sound. This is where they "throw" the fish and people buy them. We also visited the first Starbuck's today and ate Clam chowder at Puget Sound. Mrs. Zorn cooked dinner tonight and then we went downtown.
Nov.21, Sunday
We went to church with the Zorn's this morning. After church we went to the Seahawks game against the dolphins at Quest field in Seattle. The four of us got tickets for $5 each and then the Zorn's got us into the club level seats. The Seahawks won by 7 on a last second interception that was returned for a touchdown. We got to meet several of the players after the game with Jim Zorn.
Dan, Chris, and Matt left to return to the Ranch after the game (9 hr drive). I went to eat Sushi with the Zorn family after the game because I was flying back to b'ham from Seattle the next morning. Overall, It was a great trip! We had a lot of fun.
Nov.22, Monday
Sara Zorn took me to the airport early Monday morning. I left the Seattle Tacoma airport at 11:15am and arrived in Birmingham at 11:15pm. It was a long day.
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