When we departed from Crater Lake they told us there was a woodfire and the highway we were supposed to take was closed. So we had a little detour ahead of us, namely 3 hours ! Till that time I had not been able to contact Mary in person, so I just left messages on here voicemail. Lucky for us she was still offering a bed, even when we arrived n...

Just north of Burlington, Vt. is a small sign indicating that you are passing the 45th Parallel, the half-way point between the North Pole and the Equator. On January 7 we passed the 45th Parallel again while walking south into Salem, Ore., having gone as far north as the 49th Parallel during our trip across Canada.(see picture). Seeing this lan...

Miles so far: 5052 What's in Oregon: Pretty much nothing So we mainly went to Oregon to sleep. It was nice to drive through and see a million trees! Not much to say about it. Just writing an entry to put a pin in the map. Next stop, Seattle.

After five or six days of bumming on Tyler Kneale's couch and spare room, I finally found a place to live, and I loved it, Except that the cabinets were a nasty shade of Purple. That would have to go.