Day 2 - Suncadia to Portland

A great day.  When we left Roslyn, the air was cold and damp with a frightful chill in the air.  It DID get progressively warmer and more sunny.  Thank heavens.

More & More Windmills Along the Way

Matt got a wild hair and decided to backtrack to Ellensburg and take 97 S down through Yakima, Toppenish, Goldendale & hit I-84 E into Portland. A great idea.  I drove him the back route down the Old Canyon Road so he could catch a glimpse of The Rock where all those stories involving his wife and her friends had taken place over the years.  I was sorry I didn't have a key to the property any longer.  I would have loved to have shown him the scene of many of racy, funny and unbelievable stories.

We had lunch at Ron's Drive-In -- don't bother. It was pretty terrible!  They even screwed up my chocolate shake -- they use a MIX!  Eeew!  We did drive down Old Canyin Road, though, on our way, so Matt could see the area of many years of fun for many of us at The Rock.  The road was beautiful and it looks as though the Smet's family has built even more buildings on the property.

Toppenish:  When was the last time YOU were in Toppenish, WA?  What a trippy place!  The murals alone are worth a drive-through.  Truly unique and amazing.  And you find yourself in Mexico.  A small, Mexican town that has seen better days, but which has such pride in their community.  Except that it's in South Central Washington.

We headed down through Goldendale and onto I-84 to breeze into Portland, but had to make an unscheduled stop in Hood River.  As soon as we left Goldendale, a TERRIBLE NOISE schreeched through the car all the way down the hill, across the bridge and into Oregon.  Luckily I had previously visited a Les Schwab in Hood River so we stopped and had a very small rock removed from between the brakes.  Amazing how much ungodly NOISE a little rock can make!!!  THANK YOU, LES SCHWAB!

After Hood River, into Portland we went.  We stayed at Hotel Lucia which was nice and right downtown.  The room was very nice but VERY small -- prefect for us and a quick stopover without a bunch of time spent in the room.  A quick walk to Nordy's (because Matt forgot a coat!) and then we headed to dinner at Marrakesh Moroccan Restaurant.  Crappy wine selection, but the food was great.  Matt especially loved the belly dancer and begged me to take lessons...

Back to the hotel to sleep and prepare for EUGENE!!!! 

Cool Signage in Toppenish

Old Canyon Road - The ROCK!

TERRIBLE Food @ Ron's Drive In in Yakima!

Downtown Yakima

Getting Rid of the Rock in the Brakes!
 

Day 1 - Spokane to Suncadia (Roslyn, WA)

I am SO sorry for the DELAY in getting my Blog posts and and running!  We are having SOOO much damn fun, we are too dang tired at the end of the day to do all this work!  We are again tonight... so... I will at least post a few pictures from each day and fill in the blanks starting tomorrow night from Bodego Bay (heaven to you Hitchcock Fans!).  

Here is from Day one -- Spokane to Suncadia!  The condo is in fabulous shape.  I encourage ALL of you to get your butts over there to borrow the condo because it sits there empty way too often!  The day after this, my 1st Ex, Myron & his wife Joan and their boys, Brian & James, moved in to celebrate the 4th of July and take advantage of an empty condo.  I hope they are having a lovely time!

Note to all:  Never fear asking me to use the condo.  All you gotta do is arrange a date with me (& pay for the cleaning when you leave 'cuz I'm kinda poor these days!).  Pretty great spot for a vacation: a beautiful place.  Will place more pics...

The Trip We've Talked About...

Matt & I more than likely discussed a Road Trip (hereafter known as RT) as early as 1976, the year we fell in love.  Over the years it became clear that both of us love to travel.  Seeing as much of the world was a must.  We were infinitely curious about more than our own backyards. WANDERLUST!

Perfect!  So, here we are, 35 years later, (finally) married and Living Happily Ever After and we are just now getting around to taking that first BIG Road Trip.  Let's see if we survive each other for 3 1/2 weeks!

Follow us along.  It is sure to be amusing,  entertaining and informative (I promise to keep Matt's history, geography and meteorology lessons to an interesting and short footnote).  Post your comments and questions and SUGGESTIONS of where we should go and what we should do and what YOU want to hear about.  


Don't forget to tell us what you are up to and and please share anecdotes of your own.  We want to laugh at your adventures and RT's as well!