(This was originally posted on twitter as a thread on January 3, 2019, but I’m transporting it here and post dating it)
I’m flying to Portland tomorrow to spend the weekend with one of my favorite people, Lucie.
Over the years, we’ve had a number of grand adventures, some great conversations over pitchers of Mr Pineapple at OHSO (ok, and some shitty beer at Larry’s Cocktails)…
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…some memorable celebrations, and some rough moments when we turned to each other for support. I even had the privilege of walking her down the aisle at her wedding.
In short, LOTS of treasured memories.
She’s awesome, one of the travelers that most inspires me, and a…
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…cherished friend.
And we met because I decided to be a bit uncomfortable by attending a Meetup—a backpacking trip to Havasupai—with strangers.
I know many people are nervous about situations like that, but boy, if you’re open to it—you’ll be rewarded with good friends 💯
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End notes
- Here’s the post of the resulting adventure we had in Portland.
- Here’s a related post about making adventure friends