La Pine or Bust....

The weekend before last, we hopped on the bike to meet Nic and Kim in Redmond and go rock out to the R3 Festival in La Pine (where?), which Nic's band DFiVE9, was headlining. It was hot out... We made it through town and got up into the mountain and in the shade, that was fantastic. When we started to descend to Warm Springs, we got hit with giant heat waves and had to stop. We pulled into the diner in Warm Springs and could not get our helmets off and indoors fast enough. We found another biker couple in there as well. The thermometer outside was in the shade. 102. Iced Tea and water cooled us down enough to make it to Redmond. We had a nice dinner at the condo with many, many drinks. silliness ensued:

In typical Nic and Kim and John and Shannon (JNKS for short), it became games and dares before long. This time, Kim lost at Rock/Paper/Scissor to Shan. This happened because Shan knows Kim well enough to know what she was going to pick :) she had to take her shirt off and run through the golf course. Shan went with to take pictures, where she then lost the next game. Giggles from outside brought the menfolk out and pretty soon, there where naked cartwheels, posing, running through sprinklers, and angels in the sand traps. Here is farmer John raking up the sand angel remnants:

In the interest of keeping this site fairly family-friendly, the rest of the pictures from that night will remain unposted.

The next morning, we are up and ready for a breakfast of champions: bloody marys. We discover the awesome lounge at Mrs. Beasleys. We had drinks and various foods (all with lots of cheese) and Kim doubled her money at Keno. not enough to cover a limo to the festival. or pedicures. or breakfast... but she could've bought something at the dollar store if she wanted to. Here we are in the lounge with our waitress, Elizabeth. She said she wouldn't have her picture taken, but Nic charmed her....

We had a couple hours to kill before we had to leave for La Pine, so we hit the pool!

Tan, rested and now sober, time to hit the road for La Pine. We sang songs, made fun of each other and arrived at the festival ready to rock and roll.. Nic had rockstar schmoozing to do, so John, Kim and I went to find a local watering hole to pass the time til we should go back to the festival. The locals at that watering hole though John was the king of the world when he walked in with these two floozies on his arm..

The bar kicked ass. we had a blast and met all sorts of interesting folks and sang along with the free jukebox. I think our tab was $18.

OK, time to rock! back to the festival.. frisbee, porta-potties, resting and snacks. Then 2 bands til DFiVE9. Something that is awesome is that sometimes DFiVE9 lets us shake our shakeables with them on stage.... This was one of those times:

They Fucking Rocked.

John took some really kick ass pictures. Also, he moshed a little :)

After that, back to Redmond. Mike and Sarah stayed with us that night. We were all a little tired so we didn't make it back out to the golf course to run through the sprinklers, but we did have a good time. Sunday, we woke up and took Mike and Sarah to Mrs. Beasleys (most of us ordered our dishes with no cheese this time around) and then spent the afternoon at the pool. Then, back on the bike and back to Portland... We got rained on a little and heard some really close thunder... It was a fantastic weekend.

Some other tidbits:

I love my husband

JNKS discovered that they like golf

Sharon Titus thinks of everything

John is learning to like bloody marys

Not everything is better when you put cheese on it

Keno is fun

Eddie can jump the side of the porch. Henry cannot.

Kim can't see things that are clear

It takes Shan and Kim a long time to make brownies

DFiVE9 is better than a lot of bands that "make it"

From now on, when JNKS spend the weekend in Redmond, they will be known as "The Beasleys"