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| Flowers outside of Tamarack (Forest's lounge) |
Spring is here and spring break along with it. Most students are either at home right now or
off on a College Outdoors adventure. I
am one of the few that are left. Getting
home is quite complicated and I had work I needed to do so I did not end up on
a College Outdoors trip either. I’m
hoping to do something adventurous in these next couple days, but I haven’t
finalized any of my plans yet.
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| Mushrooms in Tryon |
After classes ended on Friday, I joined a friend to do
another of the typical tourist things in Portland, Voodoo Doughnuts. It is a rather famous doughnut store in
Portland and if you arrive during peak times there will be a decent line.
Luckily, only a handful of people were there on a Friday afternoon and we
hardly had to wait. Their signature
doughnut is called the voodoo doll and is, unsurprisingly, a human shaped jelly
doughnut stabbed with a pretzel stick. I
quite enjoyed myself.
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| Voodoo |
While I have yet to do anything big, I haven’t forgotten to
enjoy my break. I have done a decent bit
of exploring the woods around here including Lewis & Clark’s gorge and
Tryon Creek State Natural Area. There are flowers blooming everywhere, the
birds are all cheerful, and squirrels are doing their spring cleaning and
gathering fresh bedding for their nests.
It is beautiful out even considering the rain.
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| Trail in Tryon |
