Day Four: Lake Oroville, CA

Oroville, CA to Oroville Lake State Park, CA We woke up around 7:30 this morning to the sound of Harley-Davidsons starting up in the driveway. Both Amber’s parents are long-time riders. Rhonda was on her way to work, at the local hospital, and Mark was on his way to the gym. We ate some breakfast and watched a little T.V. before we got ourselves all packed up. We hadn’t brought much inside the house, so packing was finished quickly and all that remained was to lower Scrap from his blocks and take him for a test drive. We all went outside and took Scrap off the blocks. He and I went for quick drive to bed the new brakes pads and rotors, and then we were off to town as well. We visited Amber’s sisters, got more gas, shopped for groceries, and then followed...

Day Two: Ashland, OR to Crater Lake National Park

Wow. What a day! After yesterday and traveling over 500 miles, I am pleased to report that we traveled under 200 miles today, total. The day started early, as our camping neighbors in Ashland were far too loud for their own good. All three of us took turns being forcibly woken by their antics starting from about 10 PM on day one. Regardless of that, the day’s activities were enough to make me forget any unpleasantness in the morning. We headed out after packing up the campsite and made our way about half a mile down the road. The previous evening we had noticed a floating dock with a few people jumping from it, enjoying the last little bit of daylight. We almost made it to the dock that evening, but we decided it wasn’t prudent to go jumping into unfamiliar...

Day One: Port Townsend, WA to Ashland, OR

Well! After lazy departure from Port Townsend, around 11 AM we made pretty good time covering just under 500 miles. WA-101 was beautiful, as always and we took I-5 through the boring Northern parts of Oregon. We would have liked to take 101 most of the way through both states, but we were trying to make it to Ashland by around 8:30 in order to observe a production as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Oregon has the most unfortunate drivers I’ve witnessed in quite some time. Tailgaiting at highway speeds, failing to signal, ridiculous! We ate at Carl’s Jr. another first for me. It was delicious! It was getting dark when we arrived in Ashland, so finding a camp-site and getting the tent up was our first priority. We stopped at a 7-11 and Amber...

T minus 9 hours…

Car is clean and partially packed. We will finish loading it up followed by a quick oil change in the AM, then… We’re off!