Kit and Carol on the Road

Saturday afternoon we went down to Cottage Grove airport museum to meet Stan. (no eating involved)

Arrived in Eugene and settled into our favorite hotel by Alton Baker Park—good for walking —and biking back in the day. Friday night there was a concert in the park—luckily not too loud. Sunday morning there was a big dog event involving running and walking with dogs. It was a challenge to walk to the river.
We have done a lot of visiting—and eating out. Friday night it was Kate and Chrisman and Max (now in middle school) for barbecue. Saturday it was brunch with Kitty and Bill at the noisy Glenwood Cafe (one of few restaurants still open from our day.). Sunday noon we met for another noisy brunch with David and Marjie at the Laurelwood golf course. Sunday afternoon I had a nice visit with Susan Lange—in the lobby of our hotel—a quiet pleasant spot. Saturday night we had a nice dinner just the two of us at the nearby North Bank, a holdover from our day though now a McMinnamins.
Carol Harma--from my iPad

Nice motel in Kaiser was close to my college friend Lucia (and Paul) (We had dinner with them) Friday morning we had a visit with Nelda (and Ron) in Lebanon (another college friend) . Then on to Sweet Home, my old home town. My mom's old house on Evergreen Lane has lost all the evergreens, and our old church is a disaster surrounded by weedy trees. But the old A&W hasn't changed much. They still have drive in service and even indoors the ordering is on a phone at your booth.
Carol Harma--from my iPad

Drove from home down the coast highway to my brothers in the forest off the Oregon
Coast.

We are on a road trip in Oregon for a week visiting lots of friends and family. Kit calls it our farewell tour not because we are saying good bye to anyone but because we won't do a mega trip like this again.

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Back hoe to finish my southwest quilt. (and get into the quilting mode.). Though I hate to give it up—this will go to Linus (for kids in need)

OK so this was almost a month ago. I am not good and finishing trip blogs. We were planning to stop and see friends in Eugene but decided it was too complicated so kept on going to Salem. Spent the night with Kit's sister Milli who we hadn't seen in a while. The next day we headed home and arrived by early afternoon. Back to routines.

Carol Harma--from my iPad

Another too long day almost all of it on I5. FOG this morning didn't clear up until late morning and then the sun was fine. Saw no sign of snow going over the Siskyou's . The snow was quite high on Mt. Shasta which was gorgeous as always despite lack of low snow. 3 nights in 3 different brands of motels and everyone of them looks the same. Last night we had an in-house bistro (aka restaurant/bar) with amazing tomato soup. Tonight we are next door to a brewpub with too many beer choices.
Carol Harma--from my iPad

A long day. We had a book on CD's as it was pretty boring. Kit got gas spilled on his feet at Love's in Tehachapi and we got stuck in a long traffic jam on 99 which wasn't quite the 45 minutes predicted. Otherwise pretty benign day. Stopped at a refurbished rest area which has got to be the nicest in CA and maybe in the country.

Carol Harma--from my iPad

Stressful enough this morning getting out of the house. Had to do laundry and loading and cleaning and etc—including a visit with Wanda next door. Finally on the road about 10:15. Thought it wasn't so far to Needles but ended up taking a lot longer what with the roundabout route and all the stops. Luckily we gained an extra hour.crossing into California. As it was we arrived about 4>30 Pacific time. Staying in a Best Western with trains running outside our window —quite frequently.
Carol Harma--from my iPad