This was the real welcome back to civilization day.\u00a0 No longer did we need to dodge oncoming traffic to pass cars.\u00a0 From here on, we will be on multi-lane freeways.\u00a0 We started down Interstate 5 just after 0900 hoping to avoid the traffic in Seattle.\u00a0 That plan actually worked out pretty well.\u00a0 Everything was going well until we got to Portland.\u00a0 There was some construction that had the freeway down to a crawl just before the bridge – that’s where my bike quit.\u00a0 Just shut off like I’d turned the key off.\u00a0 Got it over to the side of the road and it re-started; and we were off just like it never happened & hoping it would be the last time – it wasn’t.<\/p>\n
We pulled over in Salem for some lunch and to put John on the road to his daughter’s house in Sisters.\u00a0 Mexican food was pretty good as were the margaritas – John was off to his daughter’s with the U-Haul truck and Rich and I were off to Winston.\u00a0 When we pulled up to our friend’s house they were sitting on the front step with a cold beer for Rich & a glass of Don Julio for yours truly.\u00a0 Hard to beat that kind of welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was the real welcome back to civilization day.\u00a0 No longer did we need to dodge oncoming traffic to pass cars.\u00a0 From here on, we will be on multi-lane freeways.\u00a0 We started down Interstate 5 just after 0900 hoping to … Continue reading