Best Western Walla Walla Suites Inn

... old days where you can do a couple of odd jobs to pay for things.

I could tell you about the things I have actually done but that's just boring. So I won't.



Thought of the Day

The secret's in the batter, but I'll never tell.

For reference

I don't feel so well.
I have 2 pictures of ducks plus a duck themed wallpaper in my motel room.

We flew from SF to Seattle to pick up the bikes. It wasn't the greatest weather to ride in, a bit rainy and cold, but we went over some great mountains. We managed to get about 400km done and quite far east. We wanted to get away from the bad weather as quick as possible.

LIGO stands for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory ... . There are two of them in the United States, one in Washington and one in Louisiana. There is another in Italy. L-shaped interferometers, two at the Washington site and one in Louisiana, sense gravitational waves through the sub-atomic movements of 25 pound mirors suspended at the corner ...

... in historic Walla Walla, then went wine tasting at Reininger Winery where we liked the Cabernet and a Bordeaux-type blend which we bought. Drove to Kiona to taste wines at Terra Blanca, not impressed with the Malbec from Yakima, nor the Syrah grown locally in Red Mountains, but their Syrah Reserve was truly excellent though unfortunately too pricey for us.

... rainbow-shaped bridge with a dry river gorge below. Near Selah Creek we saw the same fruit stand we had stopped at before (the one with the big "Aplets & Cotlets" sign painted on the side of the building), and also passed the same brown bumpy hill that on the way to Vancouver I had said looked like loaves of bread all lined up side-by-side, but this time I decided they looked more like beds for the seven dwarves (but ...

... Subway. Not sure it should be called Umatilla, maybe Mulletilla. Every dude we saw was rockin a super mullet. It was pretty sweet.

It was around 100 degrees in eastern WA/OR yesterday, that plus driving almost 500 miles, the van decided it was time to overheat! Yay.... Twice actually.

The 2nd time it over heated we were way, way, out in ...

... but I was still able to make my way through to find the wine store. The wine was excellent and I ended up buying two bottles. The labels for the Walla Walla Village Winery are designed by the same guy who did albums for the Greatful Dead and Journey. When I heard the story about the store being a former bordello, I had to buy the Bordello Red. My history lesson for the day ... back in the day, Walla Walla ...

... bag and pad and those two items pretty near filled it up on their own. I think I will take them out for now, fill the bag up with my clothes and stuff, then pack the sleeping bag and pad separately with a few bungee cords so that I can attach them to my backpack when I arrive in Bangkok. Anyway, I will be leaving in a day and 7 hours and 45 minutes!

... the woman whose husband gave the donkey for Jesus to ride upon. No one understood all the uproar, but they celebrated that day. They were curious. God gave me the blessing of being able to get the strength needed to perform it twice. I was still a bit sick, but God is faithful and lives were touched. God is Good.

... and then met Zach from SYZYGY winery. He only has one wine left to sell, but what a wine it was! The Red- what a bargain! Then I went to Luscious by Nature, a fairly new gourmet grocery and deli. I loaded up some things and came back to my cute Cottage. I think I will grill here tonight and open a nice white from Seven Hills and grill up some fresh Marlin from Fish on Land fish market. But not before heading to the South side for more wine tasting............