Eugene

I have to be honest, i've always been a bit suspicious of the name Eugene, and i've been trying to work out why. I thought it was because the murderer in Psycho was called Eugene, but no, he was called Norman. Then i thought of words starting 'eug' and the only other word in the dictionary is Eugenics, maybe that explains it.

And Eugene, Oregon is where we find ourselves this fine evening- the town's biggest claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of Nike. The town has a big river running through it and both banks have cycle/running paths which we took the chance to cycle this afternoon! It is also home to the University of Oregon and there were plenty of students crusing over the gentle rapids in big tubes today, looks like a lot of fun to me!

On to Portland tomorrow!