Day One

I  picked up this homeless guy at PDX and we hit the road at 8:30am.

Only photo of today was immediately after making it through Canadian Customs. 

It says Abbotsford BC, honest. 

Anyway will get some photos tomorrow. We made it to Cache Creek, a 500 mile day. 

The plan is to make Homer in two sleeps. We'll see. If that plan works my next post will be after the 4th. 

Weather has been perfect so far. 

Back on the Road

Emptied out the condo and more than filled a U-box from UHaul. 

First stop Portland for a Timbers game and then pick up BW at the airport and get moving. 

We hope to visit Randy in Vanvouver and I figure we'll cross into Canada on the 1st of July. Last time I did this was almost exactly 25 years ago, in another life time. 

Teri and Mel and I left Denver in a UHaul in June of 1990 and it was 100°. Today I left Bend at 11:00 and it was forecasted to break 100°.

I'll be trying to,

Stay cool. 

Getting There

Almost out the door.

A little more is added each day. I plan to hit the scales before launch.

Weather is disgustingly perfect so I guess I'll have to leave. That will be after two more Timbers games.

Stay Cool, and keep dodging those tornados.

 

It Is Summer!

Went to Portland to watch the Timbers.

Finally got the cove for the rod tubes done.

I can't imagine Canadian Customs having a problem with that.  US Customs might be another story. Especially with the ammo box reel case.

Turns out there was a city wide parade going on.  Luckily, I missed the street closures but got to watch part of it.

There was a cool geezer band.

 The men were playing "Louie Louie", I assumed they knew other songs but that was all I heard.

They were some hi kicking older ladies.

These young ladies were still going strong after two hours in the sun (high 80s ).

Next day we went up to Mt Tabor Park. Much larger than I would have thought. This is looking up Hawthorne to downtown. You can just make out the newest bridge at left center. Built for pedestrian, bus and trains only, it will open this fall.

 One of the reservoirs had a chlorinating site that Louis didn't want to leave.

 Something about running water.

 This is the "thousand mile stare" he gets while eating.

On the way home I noticed that it was 87 at Government Camp and 97 in Madras and 91 in Bend. Oh joy! Summer is here.