Another beautifully fine morning and a hearty breakfast that included waffles and we were on the road again.I seemed to have picked up a mild sore throat and runny nose so hope it doesnt develop. We found the old highway easily and started off climbing high above the mighty Columbia River to the first lookout point.From there the size of the river was apparent.It dwarfs anything in NZ. Another viewpoint a couple of miles on at Vista Point gave great views both up and down the river.We stopped at three waterfalls that had short walks to get to them including the appropriately named Bridal Veil Falls.The light thru the trees was beautiful and as the road was quiet with traffic it made the drive very restful.Down below near the river I-84 buzzed with traffic speeding by ... read more

The third day of our roadtrip dawned fine and sunny again and the wind of Sunday was not present.The motel in Crescent City as just passable,not flash but el cheapo!! We headed north on 101 but had only travelled a couple of blocks and a warning bell sounded in the car and a light came on the dashboard.We didnt know where the next Dollar Renta Car would be and as it is a public holiday we didnt expect the Dodge dealer,if there was one in Crescent City,to be open to tell us it all meant.So Gretchen phoned the 0800 number on the rebtal agreement and hey presto the answer was low tire pressure.So into a gas station and air in all four tires even though we had no idea how much each tire should have as ... read more

After a great nights sleep even though we only had 1 pillow each(shows how tired we were) we woke fit and fresh ready for a great Hojo breakfast.Well it wasnt too bad and we bulked up ready for the first day on the road.Trip to the car rental building was easy with the shuttle back to the airport and then a driverless train to the building where all the car companies were. Here we met Joyce who had a badge that said "çustömers make me smile".She was obviously on commission cos even though our prepaid had everything she still tried to upsell.She said the car we had rented would be too small for the freewys and didnt really have an answer when Gretchen said but we are taking backroads.She was stumped.She couldnt even sell us a ... read more