In Portland:...

Today, I got up at 0500 hours so that I would have time to take a shower, go about my morning activities, eat breakfast, and catch the Central Oregon Breeze bus to Portland. It really is astonishing how tired riding a bus makes you... One would think that because basically all you're doing is just sitting there for three or four hours, you'd be wide-eyed and bushy-tailed afterward. Right? Apparently, this is not the case.