Ladybug O’Clock

I’ve been meaning to post this for forever. Here goes.

In October I went to Portland. On the train. It took two days.

I found out that Wisconsin looks just like Ithaca.

And that there’s nothing in Montana but livestock.

These are the other kinds of people that take the train.

This is what they give you for dinner. It was very midwest and buttery.

Hey look - the Rocky Mountains are just like Taughannock, only states and states bigger!

Oh wait, Montana also has dead red bushes.

If you look closely, you can see that the black sign says “Torture Museum”.

I went to the back of the train and looked out the window at night. It was gorgeous and eerie. It reminded me of scenes in Superman II .

On the second morning the train went through the Colombia River Gorge. This was my favorite part of the trip.

Finally we made it to Oregon, which is like an Old West version of Vermont.

I was there mostly to visit Raven, who had to play 2 Halloween shows. Here she is practicing and catching on that she’s being photographed.

The first show was here.

Here she is warming up.

Here she is playing. It’s a Cure cover band, and this night they were recreating Unplugged. Note the toy piano.

The next night was a more rock affair. This is the only moment in the whole show where she wasn’t completely covered with fog from the fog machine. It was at her feet and only affected her.

At some point we thought it would be a good idea to go buy anti-SAD lights and makeup and pose in berets. Raven spent a half hour doing my hair before she took this photo.

And then I had to leave! Really bad planning! Next time I’ll have to stay a year or so to make up for it.

Hey look, the most interesting part of Montana!

Did I mention that there’s nothing in Montana?

This is seriously a Montana train station.

This is seriously a dead horse near it.

Things started to get interesting again as we left Montana.

Ah, Wisconsin, so pretty.

And then I was back home.

That dead animal looking thing on my couch is Emma, who likes to sleep in this position.

Yay! The end.

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