Heading Back East!

It looks like my time here in Oregon is drawing to a close. I'm leaving here to start grad school at the University of GA in Athens. I'll be working on a Master's of Landscape Architecture so that I can teach. It's something I've wanted to do since I was getting my undergraduate degree, and it looks like the time is finally right.

As of tomorrow morning I'm hitching up the trailer and getting out of town. My plan is to haul ass to Fayetteville, spend a week with family, then drive from there to my father's place in Highlands NC. I'll use his house as a base to get set up in Athens, before heading up to Northern VA to visit friends and collect my stuff from storage.

Orientation starts Aug. 10, and classes on the 16th. I've got a full plate, as I'll be taking a full load of courses plus a Teaching Assistantship - I'll be teaching one of four sections of a second-year LA design course. If nothing else, it should keep me busy.

My planned route from Portland to Fayetteville. Looks to be a bit over 2100 miles....

The visitor center at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic NP

Lake Crescent in Olympic Nat'l Park

And another

Another.

View from Cape Flattery. It's the northern-western-most point in the lower 48.

One of Washington's pebble beaches. It was a might overcast that day...

Yet another coast shot

...and the sun sets on my oregon adventures!

The Rouge River Gorge

Diamond Lake

Cool overlook structure

View of Crater lake from the lodge