Today was a travel day--the trip from Cave Junction to Astoria, OR takes about 7 hours. We got up, had breakfast, gathered our stuff and left. We were on the road by 9:30. When we travel, we are not in a great hurry--it makes for a very relaxing vacation.
Ray made an observation this morning that ran so true: When we traveled in the 70s (cross country in 1975), we had no cell phones, no computer, no internet. We set out, and decided day to day where we wanted to go, and where we'd stay (which campground). Funny that now we feel cut off if there is no cell service where we travel, or if there is no wireless access. Things are most certainly more planned now. But it still feels like an adventure.
Our route today took us up through the Willamette Valley, the "Grass seed capital of the world". Further investigation on the web told us that indeed, Oregon growers produce essentially all of the U.S. production of annual ryegrass , perennial ryegrass , bentgrass , and fine fescue . Who knew?
Other valuable information came from listening to the radio: I never was aware that there was such a thing as replacement custom triggers. "Triggers for what?", you ask? Guns, of course! Who knew?
Man, they must drink an awful lot of espresso in Oregon, because we saw more signs than you'd imagine advertising Espresso or White Espresso (?!).
We discovered that our rental car has XM radio, and we listened to Fox News for a while until our ears started to bleed listening to the ugly machinations of the debt limit debate.
Around about Portland, we ran into a nasty bumper-to-bumper traffic jam that had us stalled out for about 40 minutes. After that we were on our way again, arriving at our KOA cabin at about 5:30.
No pictures today. Tomorrow, we will visit Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.
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