Stuff and Things

[olivermoss]

I signed up for a First Hike Of The Year event. They are guided hikes in Oregon State Parks. I thought it would be fun to stay out there over NYE. Daytripping to Mosier is pretty far. Um, yeah, I should have booked this ages ago. I would not find a booking. I checked a bunch of sites, including VRBO which a lot of people don't know to check.

I got no available rooms, hotels, motels, cabins, yurts or otherwise until I added a second night. All single night bookings where full. Even double night booking were slim. I like the place I selected, but let's not talk about how much I am paying to do a free event. Or that I might do the full 12 mile hike before doing the 2 mile guided version because it's the best hike near where I booked. I need to be back in town on the second so ... this trip is just a hot mess.

In other news, I really, really want to see Knives Out. But I am not putting up with movie theaters for a while. I've been having enough migraine problems without staring at giant, glowing screens. I'm just not going to do movies on the big screen for a while. It's not a huge deal, but I just really want to see Chris Evans in a sweater being whatever he is in this film. The studio is even putting out a Chris Evans in a Sweater T shirt.

Comments

[sperrywink]

Good luck with your trip, even if it is a hot mess. I hope you have a ton of fun.

[olivermoss]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it. I'd been meaning to do some actual overnights in the Gorge to do some exploring for years now, so I am excited. It didn't even occur to me that this was the thing I'd been meaning to do for years until after I booked it.

I am so organized.

[sylvaine]

It never occurred to me that booking for longer would give you *more* options for bookings, goodness.

[olivermoss]

A lot of ABnB hosts only want people staying at least two nights. Good thing I knew about that :)