Monday, January 2, 2012

Holidays in the Pacific NW

I drove up to Portland and Seattle for a few days over the holidays. The drive up was gorgeous. From Lake Shasta all the way through Southern Oregon it was a clear crisp early-winter day. A great day for a road trip.

I got into Portland in the afternoon on Christmas Eve and had enough time to relax a bit from the drive before we went over to a Heilige Nacht party hosted by good friends Wendy and Dan. It's an annual party and I knew that it'd be a great opportunity to see many of my best friends at once. And it did indeed turn out to be a great time to reconnect with friends.

Over the next few days I relaxed alot with Kristin and friends. On Tuesday after Christmas I drove up to Seattle. Always one of my favorite cities. I had several things I needed to get done there, but the key one was visiting a cat at Cat's Exclusive that needs a new home. Cat's Exclusive was my cat's vet when I lived in Seattle so I know the people pretty well. They of course remember my old best buddy Boris and were wondering when I'd be ready to have a cat again. I'm still not quite sure myself, but I wanted to visit with the cat they now have that needs a home. He's a 7 year-old male named Shepherd. I talked alot with the nurse who's taking care of him and she said he's a very cuddly and mellow guy.

I need to talk with my landlady about him and make sure she's fine with me getting a cat. If so, I'll head back to Seattle and pick him up. I'll keep you all posted! For the moment, here's a couple pictures of him:

Shepherd Dec 2011