Holiday Inn Express Oregon Capitol Salem

After leaving Vancouver on Tuesday, we caught a bus to Seattle. This is where we picked up our hire car for our two week trip to LA. We spent one night in Seattle, then drove on to Newberg, which is just out of Portland. We spent one night in Newberg and the next ...

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B*rb's Notes:
We *re w*tching the movie Wild Hogs on TV, how fitting. We need to be on the w*tch for the Del Fuegos.
I didn't come down with * cold *fter *ll, it m*y h*ve been *ll of the pr*yers sent up on my beh*lf. Th*nks to you *ll for your pr*yers!
Oregon is be*utiful we s*w * be*r tod*y on the side of the ro*d, unfortun*tely he w*s t*king * perm*nent n*p. You just don't see th*t everyd*y.

No, we haven't been eaten by Sasquatch. We've spent the last month in Salem, Oregon, house sitting for friends and enjoying the ease of modern comforts while stopping to rest and work on music and writing for a while. Friends, Kristin and Charles, generously opened their home and lives to us. Talented artists, being around them helped me feel that realization of my own aspirations is possible. I busked for the first time here. While my ...

... drop off the coffee table Ann's grandparents have imparted to her. This was one of the reasons for taking the truck on this trip with the topper on the back instead of our 5th wheel trailer. The table must way close to 100 pounds so it was tricky getting it off the truck and into the house but we succeeded without adding any new scratches. Ann played on this table when she was little and asked her grandparents a long time ago if she ...

... site. Chronicling our wonderfully uncertain path across the whole of
this terrifyingly remarkable world.

Together we intend to
travel the breadth and width of the globe with all our worldly
belongings strapped confidently to our backs. In pursuit of this lofty
goal we have sold all the rest of our possessions including but in no
way limited to our cars, furniture, clothing and other such home making
paraphernalia. Our funds are limited but our ...

... will accompany us to the Exchange so we can buy Rota Base items, like tee shirts and caps. I would also like to buy a bunch of the models of the wave breakers to sell through the Ship's Store at the Valley Forge reunion. The very last thing that needed to get done, got done. Also, as a Xmas present to myself I bought a new small and light weight portable computer to take on the trip. It ...

... Aug 15th I guess my body needed another recovery day-I just could not get going today and since I had no definite plans just stayed home. It was in the high 90s outside today too, another reason for staying in. I did order some Euros for my trip. After calling Wells Fargo to order them I received a call back from them-wanting to verify-home in Ohio, Bank in AZ, want them delivered to a bank in Salem - not sure they were ever happy with my explanation. I ...

... with a crazy schedule and is moving soon. Their cats were the most confusing members of the family since they are practically identical, their names differ by one syllable (Mollie? Millie? I never got them straight, sorry). I concluded that the Whites are really nice, sincere people, and I feel like I know Ben a little better too now. I found out August 8th that my former student, Oksana, was accepted to study on ...

This was my birthday dinner at Manzana Rotisserie Grill in the Pearl District of Portland, OR. Manzana is my favorite restaurant in the Portland Area...OMG! They have the most amazing grilled artichokes! If you get to come to Portland, definitely worth checking them out! http://manzanagrill.com/index.cfm We had a great ...

To those on our travel email list: This travelog format is a first for us. We are going to attempt to send some information while we are in France. This first note is a test. At present we are in the "staging" process so we will remember to take everything we need. If you would not like to receive our travel updates just let us know and we'll remove you from the list. We leave Tuesday (19th) and return Tuesday May 10th. Don & Barbara McCarthy