This was the real welcome back to civilization day.  No longer did we need to dodge oncoming traffic to pass cars.  From here on, we will be on multi-lane freeways.  We started down Interstate 5 just after 0900 hoping to avoid the traffic in Seattle.  That plan actually worked out pretty well.  Everything was going well until we got to Portland.  There was some construction that had the freeway down to a crawl just before the bridge – that’s where my bike quit.  Just shut off like I’d turned the key off.  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.

We pulled over in Salem for some lunch and to put John on the road to his daughter’s house in Sisters.  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.  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.  Hard to beat that kind of welcome.