well hello hello again!
i know it’s been ages since i wrote —- for one, i was lazy. for two, i learned after i left town that i can’t use the text box on my ipad to blog. for three, i was having too much fun working on a boat and being a nomad.
wait. did i mention that i was going to work on a boat?
that’s right. i, little miss life-must-be-planned, took a job offer working as a steward with lindblad expeditions. i do a lot of random stuff, but it’s been a month of working there, and i have to say i really like it.
i went on board in portland, oregon, in early october and cruised on the columbia and snake rivers for a month (4 trips). i got to spend time in towns like astoria, oregon; hood river, oregon; and clarkston, washington. i got to hike at multnomah falls, experience the locks on the columbia river at all hours of the day, watch the deckhands do a locktoss and do yoga in the sun near palouse.
after a month on the river, about 25 of us stayed onboard and repositioned the ship down to san pedro, california, for shipyard and coast guard inspection. it was 4 days of rough seas, dolphins, cleaning chemicals and stunning sunrises over the hills of california.
at some point i will write in more detail about the trip, but i mostly want to share some photos of the experiences i had. you can always follow my instagrams (paperstringink), because i will for sure be posting on there…
side note: why haven’t all of my photos transferred into my photos on my phone from instagram? and why have some of those photos that did transfer not upload to my computer?! i’m having a slight techie problem…