Homeward Bound- Day 3

It was very chilly when we woke up this morning.  Actually, I had been awake for several hours and remember going back to sleep at 4:30am and having to rise at 6:00....ugh!!.  Oh well.  I will sleep in the car.  Chris uncovered the scooters and pulled the car the front for me.

I looked back before getting in the car and noticed this beautiful sunrise.....:-)

time to hit the road and head toward Corvallis, Oregon to visit with Trobairitz!

 Traffic was heavy, but steady.  So, that was good.  We weren't just sitting in the car feeling stuck.

The sky was looking ominous and I was sure it was going to pour raining.

by the time we got to a rest stop several miles away, it was starting to sprinkle.

So far, so good!

and then it happened....hahaha.....notice the soaking wet ground?

I decided to stay in the car while Chris his way to the rest stop and amuse myself with this soda bottle. It says "Share a Coke With Chris".  I think I drank most of it myself though.  That's what was so amusing when I thought about it.

 Some where along the way during one of our stops, we found these.....:-).  I hadn't seen these since I was a little girl at which time I believe they came in a box with a prize inside!

TADA!!  The prize; which could not be "downloaded" from on line was a sticker and a bit of a history lesson.

Here is the sticker....

And here is the history lesson.....Who knew!?  Not, I.

 We made it to Corvallis.........

 and had made arrangements to meet Trobairitz; a fellow rider at a restaurant called "The Laughing Planet".

Trobairitz and I took this picture while waiting for Chris to find a parking space.  It was good to finally put a face to all of the blogging that goes on! ha.  Thanks for a wonderful time, Trobairitz...:-).

The place was like none I had been in before.  The menu seemed to be all natural; right down to the organic chicken!

Here is Trobairitz and Scootard.....:-).

And here is my chicken quesadilla......complete with habanero sauce that just about blew my head off!  We had to get a side of sour cream to go with it....ha

After a wonderful lunch with a wonderful lady, we had to say our goodbye and  make our way to Grants Pass.  This would be our home for the night.

It was going to take us another almost three hours to get there.....


I think we stopped once to use the rest room.....

And look what I found for "Raspberry"!!!  Cool- eh?

I saw this interesting advertisement on the bathroom wall......:-).  Now, that's creative!

We finally made it to Grants Pass.

First stop was our hotel to get checked in and then drop the trailer so that we would not have to drag it with us when we went for a visit with some friends that I had not seen in a long while.

Unloading the car was interesting.  We had done it like this before, but it is always so funny to me.  Chris took the screen out of the window and proceeded to pass me things through the window....haha

hey, whatever is easiest!

We got everything unloaded and the bikes covered up again for the night before headed off to see our friends.

The sunset was just as beautiful as the sunrise had been.

My friend Dottie met us with big hugs and a big welcome....:-).  Dinner was wonderful too!

Thanks, Dottie and Tony for a wonderful evening....:-).

tomorrow will bring its own excitement.  For now, it's time to get some real sleep if that is possible any more!  ha.

See you on the road.......:-)

Homeward Bound - Day 2

Last night was almost perfect.....except that I got really thirsty and drank a whole bottle of water before going to sleep!  Bad idea....ha.  The sleep that I did get was ok.  But the sleep I missed was evident when I had to get up and make it to an appointment.  I literally had circles under my eyes...haha.

When I looked out of the window it was raining a bit, but the weather man said it would clear up before the day was over.

We went down for breakfast; of which I have grown tired of already and did the best we could having only 15 minutes left before the breakfast room was closing.

Yikes!  It was rough, but it was going to have to do until lunch.  We were both starving.....ha

We checked on the scooters and then headed out for the day.  I saw this in our travels.  I had not seen this before.  Very cool.......:-).

And the clouds did seem to be moving out of the way a bit.....

After our appointment; which by the way did take until after lunch, we found this place just as we were passing by and decided to give it a whirl.

Scootard was ripe with anticipation as I had introduced him to cheese steaks during his first trip to Oklahoma.  Sorry, no pics.  We ate it!  The cook was from Philly and so am I.  The boy knew what he was doing!  

We waddled out of the cheese steak place and good thing as it was starting to draw a bit of a crowd.  We headed to one of my favorite places....:-).  My first thought was to get some goat butter which I have never seen in Canada although I suppose it's there somewhere.  We picked up dinner too while there.

Scootard loves this store as well.  He is amusing himself with the ten different types of hamburger buns that this store stocks.   Who knew??  Not me!

Well, it has been a long day and it was time to go back to the hotel and eat our "dinner".  Barbeque chicken and an assortment of cheese.  I guess after eating so many veggies all summer, I just wanted some protein!  Somebody else loves cheese too.....:-).

Time to settle in and start our journey homeward in the morning.  The plan is to pull out no later than 7:00.  I'll be sure not to drink a full bottle of water before turning in for the night this time. hahaha

See you on the road!

Homeward Bound!- Day 1 (2014)

I'm sure you have heard the saying "There is no place like home."  Well, I believe that to be true.  I have traveled to many places and have been privileged to even live in other nations and have found that there really is no place like home for me.  God bless the USA!

After weeks of planning and preparing, we were finally packed and ready to go.

I know it sounds crazy, but there is so much to do when you are going to be gone for half the year that I started almost three weeks ago.  The car already had the luggage in it for a week and the scooters loaded the day before.  Today was the big day!  \o/ \o/

It was zero dark thirty when we both got us and loaded the last of our luggage in the car.

by the time we got finished with all of that it was time to make a coffee run!

Lil Rascal, Rasberry and Ruby were patiently waiting.  Raspberry seemed to have a different "perspective" then her two companions....:-).

After munching on some less than perfect breakfast and pretty good coffee, we made our way to the US border. And my goodness was that an experience!  We got pulled over and had to leave our keys on the hood of our car and go inside for "further screening".  I call it an ordeal because it took about 30 minutes between the waiting and the questions.  But I took the time after to encourage the customs agents to keep us safe!

We had some time before our room was going to be ready, so we made our way to this marina to kill some time and take in some sun.  BC had started its rainy season.  The sun was a welcomed friend to me!

I kept looking around to see if I preferred one of the boats to another and concluded that if I had one it had to be large enough for me to actually live on full time!

There is my beloved enjoying the view....ME!  haha

 

We both love being by the water.  Since we are going to be on the road for several days, we made the most of the time we had there; taking pictures and enjoying our time together.....:-)

 
I wondered how they got all of the boats on and off of the racks and low and behold and man came with a crane thingee and lifted one off and took it over to the water where it was promptly let down into the water.  Well, there you go!

It was time to make our way to our hotel which was going to take another 30 minutes.  We arrived and found a good parking space for the "trio" as well a our car.  Both right in eye shot of the security camera.  We got them covered up for the night.

Next, it was time to get the car unloaded and our things up to our room for the next few days.

I was happy to see that our room had everything we needed for the time that we would be there....

With a fully equipped kitchen that I probably would not be cooking it since I don't feel like shopping and won't be here that long anyway.  But it was still nice that it was there if I had chosen to cook something.

"Somebody" had been sloshing around in sandals all day and driving and sloshing and driving and this was the result of the sloshing after they passed out on the bed for a quick nap.  I was horrified!!  haha.  Thank God for showers!

We were going out for dinner with two of our team members and had decided on Korean food for dinner.........:-)  

I ordered some calamari and beef with green onion and glass noodles. And of course all of these other little dishes contained various types of salads.

and more salads......

and the main courses all came out on their own gas stoves! and more salad came with each order!
oh my.......

Adam ordered some type of beef and mushroom dish.....

which came with little salads as well.....ha.  It had been a long time since I had been to a Korean restaurant.  So, I had forgotten about all of the salads that come with the meals.  We did a lot of sharing and sent all of the left overs home with our friends.  I thought surely somebody was going to have to roll me out of the door and back to our hotel room!    

eating all of that food made me tired!  We got back to our little apartment at the hotel were we chatted a while and enjoyed the good company that we had until it was time to say goodnight.

Now, for a little TV before starting the day tomorrow!

See you on the road!