Let's hit the beach!

Rufus the "don't want to get my paws wet" beach bum

Friday I rushed home from my secret mission in Seattle with the sole intent of getting back in town in time to soak up some sun because, hell, it was going to be 80 degrees! In Portland that is JUST UNHEARD OF IN APRIL! I got in town, grabbed Rufus, some beach chairs, Michelle and her dog (and a couple 6-packs of Mike's hard lemonade) and headed out to Sauvie Island to hit the beach because you HAVE TO take advantage of that kind of kick ass weather. Well guess what, it's windy on the river and that made it a little chilly. We got there around 2 and contacted our friend Vanessa to make sure she was planning on joining us with her dog Diego. Which she did, so I'm sure we were annoying to everyone not wanting to be tormented by 3 crazed running-around-like-maniac dogs.

Aside for a couple of 16 year olds trying to pick up Michelle, it was an uneventful day. That is until Plan Nine from Outer Space started.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

The Columbia (or is it the Willammett??? Eh, I guess it really doesn't matter) River is a major thoroughfare to the Port of Portland and points beyond, so it's not unheard of for tankers and all sorts of watercraft to be seen chugging up and down the river. But out of nowhere came this really odd looking boat that kind of looked like scaffolding on a big-ass barge chugging up the river right around the time a bunch of kite-boarders hit the water. This scene looked like something out of Battlestar Galactica, only weirder. The kite-boarders look like smaller attack crafts bombarding the mother ship, well, at least it did to me. I was drinking, ya know.

So I'm hoping to catch a few more rays before the rain starts up again. I'm sure this great weather we've been having for the last few weeks isn't going to hold up, considering it should be raining through Independence Day. And I'll keep my eyes peeled for alien space craft.

People of Earth, BEWARE! Portland is sunny and warm! Be on alert!