Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 6

Für gestern hatte ich die längste Etappe dieser Reise eingeplant. Knapp 600 Kilometer von Mount Shasta nach Portland. Nach dem Frühstück ging es wieder los und es war eine lange Fahrt über Berge und durch Wälder. Ich machte zwei Wasserpausen und einen Trinkstopp und musste zum Glück nicht auf die Toilette. In Portland habe ich mein zentrales Hotel gut gefunden. An diesem Tag habe ich meinen Bargeldvorrat und meinen Wasservorrat weiter abgebaut und möchte beides bis zum Ende der Reise natürlich auf Null bringen. In meinem Hotel gibt es kein Restaurant, aber nachdem ich auf Google in Laufweite ein Fonduerestaurant gefunden habe, wusste ich wohin ich gehen will. Es gab ein 4-Gänge-Menü mit Käse-, Fleisch- und Schokoladenfondue und Salat. Das war sehr lecker, kommt aber nicht an die Käsefondues in der Schweiz heran. Im Hotel bin ... read more

Today was another one of our rest days. These days have become a day when Joanne gets to relax at the trailer and the rest of us go hiking in the area. This works great for everybody. Our hike today was to the Devils Thumb. About 5 miles round trip with 500 ft of elevation gain. Some great views with very few people. Tomorrow we drive to Cresent City and the California Redwoods.... read more

Hi All, We are now in Lincoln City Oregon. Close to the coast in a small KOA campground. Yesterday we spent the day in McMinnville about 50 miles from Lincoln City. We spent most of the day at the Evergreen Aviation Museum, the home of the Spruce Goose. Story of the Goose is amazing. Built by Howard Hughes as a transport aircraft for the government towards the end of WW II. Total flight distance ever flow was about 1 mile and 70 ft above the water. Cost was about $25M, about 7 of that was Howard Hughes own money. A real expensive 1 mile flight. Besides the Goose the museum has a great collection of aircraft and space vehicles. There was an SR-71 and several high altitude drones from the 70’s used for doing surveillance over ... read more

Well here goes my first foray into the world of blogs. Thus far Amy and I ars getting stuff done relatively well. We've gone through about 6 iterations of bags. Finding the right combination of weight, size, and comfort is the challenge. I can't wait to get this show on the road, metaphorically and literally.... read more

Woke at 2:00am Dublin time, left our B&B at 3:00am in order to drop off the rental car. At the gate for our flight to Amsterdam all checked in. Now breathe. Ended up with lots of room on this flight, too. When looking at seating charts last night, only the last row — the VERY last row by the bathrooms and the galley — was available. Thought we were going to be sardined for the 10-hour flight, the two middle seats of the middle section of four. But no! The two seats to the outside of us never did fill, so we moved out and both of us have an aisle and lots of personal space. Woo hoo! Simple pleasures and reasons to rejoice at the end of a long 12-day vacation. Just watched an HBO ... read more