And I would drive 500 miles, and I would drive 500 more, and then 500 more, and yet again 500 more

We had a ways to go. And so we kept driving, and so we kept listening to music. I have to say, this mix cd thing was a great idea. We don't have to argue over what to listen to, most of the time we don't even know what's coming next. And we've enjoyed every mix we've gotten, so it's really working out for us. The picture above is us celebrating 2,000 miles. We were excited.

I think the last ones I said we listened to were Bob and Aly's, so here we go from there...

--We put on Christy's as we headed to the coast. I kept track...12 country songs, 6 non-country. I even liked the country songs though, especially the cover of Come on Get Higher. This was the cd that was playing as we hit 1,500 miles. It was also the cd that was playing as we didn't hit an elk. We were near Elkton, Oregon (go figure) and he kind of sauntered out into the road. Holly's cat-like reflexes averted all disaster with a last-minute swerve. Rule of thumb: don't swerve for tumbleweed, do swerve for elk. I just wonder what's going to happen when we drive near Elephanton, Washington.

--Then, since we were headed to the beach, we put on Felder's beach music. That got us in the mood for the ocean.

--Holly's friend Jenni made us a very enjoyable mix for our arrival on the coast at Reedsport, Oregon.

--Mike and Mary had a good mix of songs--ABBA, Beatles, Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, all kinds of stuff.

--Then we listened to Brad's mixes--one for Holly and one for me. When we were most of the way through my mix Holly made the comment that she didn't think she had recognized anything for the past 25 songs, but we liked both of them.

--We finished the day with Lindsey's mix--something Holly could sing along to!

--As we journeyed further up the Oregon coast the next day, we listened to Joie's mix since we were headed to see her sister Jennie. She had a couple of songs I love like Up on Cripple Creek and Red Dirt Girl, but that I don't own. Now I do.

--One of our students, Laura, made a mix with a little armadillo picture on it. This is what we were listening to as we drove up to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Holly made fun of me for wanting to stop here, but which one of us was more excited by the 38 flavors of ice cream that we could get there? Hmm...I actually don't know the answer to that question. I like ice cream too. But Holly stopped making fun of the Tillamook cheese stop after that. Also, we learned that the local high school mascot is the Cheesemakers. And we thought Clippers was bad.

--We liked Megan's San Diego flavored mix a lot--we were even singing along to San Diego Chargers songs that we had never heard before. Really. 

--Laurie had a good mix that actually shared a few songs in common with Joie's, including one I liked about little birds singing the prettiest songs.

--Holly was super excited to discover that her cousin Kaylen shared her love of country music. 

--We actually had a day off from mix cds yesterday in Portland--the first day we woke up and went back to sleep in the same location. But we picked it up again today with Bob's (not Brother Bob, this is NY Bob) mix. Perhaps the only mix that included a song by a band from Montana, a band from Idaho, and a song called Portland, Oregon. Nice.

--Our drive today was less than 3 hours, so we only had time for 2 cds. The next one was Matt's, or should I call him ML to distinguish from all the other Matt's? His theme of now and then (a song and a remix, or an old song by a group and a recent song, or a song and a song that samples it) was fun. 

--Maybe I should have called this post I would post 500 things and I would post 500 more because I feel like I have written a lot. But that's all the cds we have listened to for now. 34 of them. We have more, and don't worry...we have more time to listen to them. There's a pretty long drive coming up on July 5th from Seattle to Mt. Rainier to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.