Bend Night #3 - Saturday

I had decided to spend a month in Bend, I went over to the gym across the street and was told I couldn't get 24 hour access without a commitment.

I went shopping for some winter supplies at "GearFix", then decided to head down to the Fall Festival. It was drizzling and that seemed to keep the crowds away, but it wasn't very dog friendly so Gravy and I resolved to sample a local brewery.

We went to Crux brewing and ran into Drew, Joy, and James at a community table.  They were camping at Skull Hollow, and climbing at Smith Rock.  They had been rained out so came into town for a beer.  After a few moments of chatting Drew invited me a long and everybody in the group echoed his invitation, I accepted and we agreed to head out to the fire pit so Gravy could meet Simone.

We enjoyed the fire pit for a few hours while the dogs played.  Joy lives in Squawmish, BC. and was down visiting her long distance boyfriend (who couldn't make the trip).   Her adopted older brother James and Drew were friends of his, and invited her along.

Joy had been thinking about moving into a tiny home and we spent a while talking about the pro's and con's of this lifestyle.  Drew and James played frisbee, and Gravy and Simone begged snacks off people.

After a while the group wanted shelter and decided to go find/play Buck Hunter, and some pool at a bar named Mavericks.

I followed them to the bar, which had a dispensary attached to it (literally the Entrance was through the bar) and bought my first Oregon weed.  James rocked the Buck Hunter in Zombie mode scoring a place in the top 10, and Drew showed off his jump shots. 

A few games of pool and I decided I better head out and get some shopping done if I was going to go climbing on Sunday. 

I headed down the street to a Trader Joes and Food 4 Less.   While shopping I got a tinder buzz from Wendy.  Wendy and I met up for beers and some fries at Worthy Brewing company. Wendy was 42, and super nice, very attractive, and we talked about our lives and kids, and what it was like dating.  Wendy had been dealt a tough hand in life with her ex-husband, and was figuring out how to survive and be happy.  The chemistry wasn't there, she had clearly been burned by some "tinholes", or maybe she just wasn't ready to date somebody like me who just lives for myself.

Later that night I'd update my profile to say "if you have kids, swipe left", because Meghann who I'd met in Ashland was awesome and IF a fresh family was in my future then Meghann in Ashland would be at the front of the line for me.  I started writing a note to Meghann, but couldn't figure out the right words, I just didn't know how she felt about me and it would have been random if she didn't feel the same way.