Saturday morning we left Salem around 7am, signed the apartment lease at noon, unloaded our truck, stopped for a snack and were back in Salem by 6pm. A mere 518 miles logged yesterday. And done at a rapid clip, 75-80 mph most of the way. Our truck rocks!
The apartment is coming along, and should be ready for us next Saturday. We took a good look at the backyard and see a lot of potential. Farmer Mike might be spending his summer grooming the yard and putting in a veggie garden. We brought 2 tomato plants and our baby avocado tree from Salem – that is just the beginning!
Mike took some more pics along the way.
This is the ole Tacoma dome, built in 1983, just south of Seattle.
Here’s that skyline I love. It looks much more inviting with blue (vs. grey) sky, no?
The Olympic Mountains (to the west of Seattle) are covered in snow. I forgot how close to the city they really are.
Heading south to Salem we pass over the Columbia River from Vancouver, Washington into Portland, Oregon onto a maze of bridge spans. I tend to get a little queasy looking over at the river.
And here’s Mike, the trick photographer, taking a picture of himself taking a picture.
It was a good day. And next Saturday will be Trip #3, the final leg home.
3 comments:
I thought of you yesterday. We were in Portland in the evening and both freeways north appeared to be at a standstill. I am glad the trip went well.
We were driving toward Salem when we saw the result of a bad wreck just south of the Columbia River bridge. (We saw someone on a backboard being loaded into an ambulance, plus lots of people standing around.) That backed up traffic for at least 3 miles. And then just as traffic was easing up we saw a large truck/trailer breakdown which was blocking at least one I-5 lane headed north. Those poor drivers were backed up at least another 5 miles...and they had no idea that it was only going to get worse. I feel for you if you were in that mess!
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