Nathen's Miraculous Escape

Total mileage this year, between birthdays, September 29,2008-2009:  2,058.4

September 14, 2009: 10.2 miles – With Reanna: Swimming with Akira.

September 13, 2009: 15.3 miles – With Reanna: Karly’s for dance practice, grocery store, library.

September 12, 2009: 20.0 miles – Mo & Vangie’s with Reanna. Also Trader Joes, Dollar Theather.

September 10, 2009: 178.0 miles – Drove into Coquille to pick up a new alternator, back to Camp Myrtlewood to install it, back to Grace’s in Eugene to unload extra food, Amtrak to pick up Reanna, the Glenwood for NBTSC session 2 staff dinner, home.

September 9, 2009: 2 miles – Testing out truck after not driving for a few weeks. Broke down a mile down the road.

August 23, 2009: 174.0 miles – Packed up at Grace’s, drove to Camp Myrtlewood, unloaded, drove into Coquille with Nicole, loaded up food to the gills, back to Camp Myrtlewood.

August 22, 2009: 11.5 miles – Pick up Evan & Danielle from Amtrak, Suntop for a mattress for NBTSC.

August 21, 2009: 22.4 miles – Dance practice at Karly’s, the Kiva for food, Vangie’s for dinner with her, Nicole, Marlane, & Lou.

July 30-31, 2009: 170.1 miles – My aunt and uncle’s farm in Gervais to help paint, the Settlemeir house for Tyler and Alyssa’s wedding rehearsal.

July 30, 2009: 6.0 miles – Bank, massage.

July 28, 2009: 16.0 miles – Oregon Urology for testicular ultrasound, Suntop to pick up some stuff, Market of Choice for something cold.

July 27, 2009: 9.3 miles – Suntop for a swimming/talking/eating party.

July 26, 2009: 26.3 miles – Stepping Stone to give guitar lessons (but none of the kids wanted one…), Trader Joe’s, then Karly Barrett’s for dance practice.

July 25, 2009: 41.1 miles – Part of the driving crew for my psych lab’s float down the McKenzie River, then out to Mo’ and Vangie’s for their housewarming party.

July 24, 2009: 10.5 miles – Heinke Wholesalers for speaker wire, Joe Wattle’s for massage, then Mo’ and Vangie’s and Emerald Park for a swimming lesson for Akira.

July 19, 2009: 6.4 miles – Stepping Stone for guitar lessons.

July 18, 2009: 15.8 – Karly’s for dance practice, Suntop to pick up new office chair, Market of Choice for groceries.

July 17, 2009: 10.3 – Mo and Vangie’s, then Emeral Park for Akira’s swimming lesson.1323.5

July 14, 2009: 16.4 – Gateway Mall to pick up used speakers, Fred Meyers for bed foam, Trader Joe’s.

July 12, 2009: 11.6 miles – Stepping Stone for guitar lessons, Suntop for last (?) load of stuff.

July 11, 2009: 17.9 miles – Karly’s for a dance practice, Winco, Bright Oak Meats.

July 10, 2009: 13.5 miles – St. Vincent dePaul’s thrift store warehouse for furniture, Mo and Vangie’s and then Emerald Park for Akira’s swimming lesson.

July 7, 2009: 9.9 miles – UPS store for passport photos, Radioshack for computer vidcam, Sundance for food, St. Vincent dePaul’s warehouse, Goodwill, Fred Meyers, all for furniture, housewares.

July 5, 2009: 7.9 miles – Stepping Stone for guitar lessons, Trader Joe’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Goodwill, St. Vincent dePaul’s thrift store.

July 3, 2009: 30.3 miles – Karly’s for dance practice, Fred Meyers for housewares, Bright Oak Meats, Suntop for another load of moving, The Kiva for food, home, Mo’ and Vangie’s for Akira, Emerald Park for swimming lesson, home.

June 26 to 29, 2009: 276.8 miles – Drive Reanna to the Pike farm and then Amtrak in Portland. I break down, get towed to Arthur’s Automotive. Two days later, I drive from there to Anna Fritz’s house, Gallery Homeland and back to see her band, Walking Home, plus Blue Cranes and Gojogo. Next day, to Darien and Rebecah’s to see their new baby, Ashlynn, back to the Pike farm for some strawberry canning and dinner, then home to Eugene.

June 22 to 26, 2009: 59.1 miles – Pick up Reanna from Greyhound, drive with her twice to Suntop for dinner, once to Mount Pisgah, once to Mo’ and Vangie’s and Emerald Park to give Akira his first swimming lesson.

June 21, 2009: 11.7 miles – Stepping Stone to teach guitar lessons, Suntop for another load, moving.

June 20, 2009: 20.1 miles – Karly’s for dance practice, Suntop for more moving, Trader Joe’s, Mo’ and Vangie’s to watch Miriel and Akira.

June 17, 2009: 4 miles – Agate Hall for a massage.

June 12 to 16, 2009: 118.4 miles – Several trips from Suntop to my new place in Eugene, moving. One trip to Stepping Stone to teach guitar lessons.

June 10, 2009: 15.4 miles – UO to turn in last paper, Agate Hall to teach swing, Mo’ and Vangie’s for Vangie’s birthday party.

June 8, 2009: 21.8 miles – Chiropractor adjustment, University of Oregon to try and see Mike Myers dissertation defense, 2 malls to steal moving boxes and buy supplements.

June 7, 2009: 8.4 miles – Stepping Stone to give guitar lessons, Trader Joe’s for groceries.

June 3, 2009: 7.2 miles – UO campus to pick up honors thesis poster and borrow cap and gown.

May 29, 2009: 13.9 miles – Chiropractor adjustment, UO, home.

May 22 & 24, 2009: 230.3 miles – Drive to Camp Cascade, near Portland, and back, with Seth Kimes, for the Oregon Men’s Regional Workshop.

May 17, 2009: 8.9 miles – Drove to Stepping Stone to give guitar lessons.

May 9, 2009: 13.7 miles – Drove Mom to the farmers market and to Grace Llewellyn’s house.

May 8, 2009: 8.5 miles – Drove my parents to see my brother Gabe rock the drums in Mayharpoon at Black Forest in Eugene.

May 6, 2009: 6.7 miles – University of Oregon and back.

May 2, 2009: 11.7 miles – Willamette Towers, Eugene, to pick up my bike, and another nearby house in Eugene to look at a room for rent.

April 2, 2009: 9.3 miles – Oregon Urology Institute, Springfield’s Lane Transit bus station, Fred Meyers, home.

March 11, 2009: 16.0 – School, Market of Choice, Mezza Luna Pizzaria to meet with my swing dance coordination/teaching group, Tango Center to teach a class and dance, home.

March 9, 2009: 8.4 miles – Stepping Stone, Trader Joe’s, home.

March 4, 2009: 15.2 miles –School, chiropractor, haircut, home.

March 2, 2009: 17.7 miles – School, chiropractor, Stepping Stone, school, home.

February 25, 2009: 19.4 miles – School, chiropractor, Stepping Stone, home.

February 23, 2009: 15.5 miles – School, chiropractor, Stepping Stone, home.

February 20th, 2009: 13.5 miles – School, chiropractor appointment, grocery store, school, home.

February 17th, 2009: 19.9 miles – School, chiropractor appointment, school, dance practice, home.

February 11, 2009: 19.5 miles – school, chiropractor appointment, Stepping Stone, Bank of America, school, teach dance class, home.

February 9, 2009: 21.4 miles – school, chiropractor appointment, Stepping Stone for my internship (they’d never seen my truck before and it caused a bit of a stir), picked up my bike from the bike shop–new shifters, cables, tires, and freewheel.

February 6, 2009: 16.9 miles – School, dropped my bike off at the bike shop for new shifter cables and a few other tweaks, chiropractor appointment, REI for insoles for my upcoming dance marathon, and Trader Joe’s for produce.

January 22, 2009: 20.3 miles – Picked up a letter of recommendation from Grace Llewellyn’s house and dropped off my application for the Couples and Family Therapy Masters program at the University of Oregon.

Januray 3, 2009: 76.8 miles – Drove home to Springfield from my aunt and uncle’s farm in Gervais, OR, after Christmas break.

December 11, 2008: 76.8 miles – Drove to my aunt and uncle’s farm near Portland and left my truck with them while I flew to southern California for Christmas.

November 26, 2008: 2.5 miles – Trip to Schmunk’s Service Center, for a new water pump.Driving