It's been a long trip, but I'm finally rested from last weeks' adventure to Portland, OR. We left Monday evening in Box++ (that's our used RV) and spent the night at a rest stop just before Mt. Shasta. We wanted to see it in the daytime and was well rewarded with gorgeous views and deer ... LOTS of deer. From there we headed to Salem, OR to the KOA campground ... along the way we stopped so that Steve could work. Gotta love computers and free wi-fi at the rest stop!
The next day we squeezed in a trip to the Evergreen Space and Aeronautics Museums to see the Spruce Goose. The last time that we saw this was on a trip before we were married. They've since grown and have many great exhibits. I highly recommend this one.
Then it was a frantic drive to Portland International Raceway for another race weekend. We had to arrive by 3pm in order to cross the race track to the inner paddock before the drag races started. Fortunately we made it with a mere twenty minutes to spare. Yikes, that was close.
Wow, can I just say that I never imagined that the weather could get that hot in Portland! Hot! Hot! Hot! Thank goodness for air conditioning in Box++. In between races that's where I was with my rotary cutter and a bag of fabrics to cut. Oh and I was crew chief for these races. (That just meant that I checked tire pressures on the hot pits and made sure that Steve and Dave were safely buckled in their Spec Racer Ford race cars.) Great trip!
Yes, that's a piece of the Berlin Wall! Never thought that I'd see that. It brings up memories of college and intently reading the international section of the newspaper.
