Those of you who have been following my blog since summer will remember Ayden and Kourtney. These cute newlyweds, skinny, punk-Portland-stylin’, decked out with piercings, are my bandmates (drummer and merch girl, respectively) from Insomniac Folklore. They are currently living in Eastern Oregon, but they decided to make a trip across the mountains to visit before Zach and I headed out. Ayden’s sister Xoey also came over the same day, so we were set for a couple days of drugging up on junk food, video games, and Portland.
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| Ayden, Kourtney, Ivy, Xoey, Zach |
Seeing travel friends again is always a bit disorienting. These are people to whom you once felt extremely close, and although your paths have diverged, there is still a bond from the time you spent together. The little things about them— Kourtney’s laugh, Ayden’s slump, the way they cuddle up next to each other— made me think fondly of tour and the time we spent together there.
The first night, we went grocery shopping at WinCo, then gorged on pizza and chips while watching Zach and Ayden shoot things in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The next day, we hopped the train to downtown Portland and ran around for a while, eating Voodoo donuts, hanging out the Ground Kontrol arcade, and poking around in artsy little shops. It’s hard to believe that I traveled more than half the country with these people, sharing wild laughter and nights at rest stops and living-room-floor beds and trail mix and a dozen different concerts, each one unique. I don’t know if we’ll get the chance to do it again, but I’m happy that it happened. It was good to see them again.
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| The Voodoo Donut Band |
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