Saturday, July 02, 2005
Day 9 - Brookings to Portland
We got up around 8am, packed up on and got on the road. On the way back we stopped at the Bistro in Bandon (or Abandon, as Elias likes to call it) at around 11:30. I knew I liked the place when I saw the hand written sign that said they had NO fish and chips and no hamburgers and that kids under 8 may not like the food. We took Elias in anyway, and he found he would eat the linguini with marinara sauce. It was REALLY good food - like well prepared, not overly greasy, made with obviously fresh ingredients. It was really welcome.
We cut across Oregon State Route 38 from Reedsport through Drain. Just after turning eastward, we saw a group of Elk hanging in a natural preserve.
Our next stop was in Eugene, where we asked a bike store if they shipped bike boxes. Eugene is a very pretty town and very friendly too. I barely remember it from my trip 12 years ago when I came down to visit a friend who was going to school there. The trip was a bust for the box, but we did get a snack and a break from travelling.
On our way north we passed the 45th parallel in Salem (southbound we passed it in Lincoln City). According to the GPS unit, the days were getting longer as we got further and further northward. We gained a few minutes of sunlight since Brookings :)
We finally arrived in Portland around 5:30 and checked into the Silver Cloud Inn. After a nice long walk, we settled on a sushi restaurant for dinner and desert of Gelato from across the street. Well I had a Coffee People milkshake in my Coffee People mug from 1996.
Later that evening, Ruben was able to piece together their elevation map from the trip. Here it is in all it's glory:
We got up around 8am, packed up on and got on the road. On the way back we stopped at the Bistro in Bandon (or Abandon, as Elias likes to call it) at around 11:30. I knew I liked the place when I saw the hand written sign that said they had NO fish and chips and no hamburgers and that kids under 8 may not like the food. We took Elias in anyway, and he found he would eat the linguini with marinara sauce. It was REALLY good food - like well prepared, not overly greasy, made with obviously fresh ingredients. It was really welcome.
We cut across Oregon State Route 38 from Reedsport through Drain. Just after turning eastward, we saw a group of Elk hanging in a natural preserve.Our next stop was in Eugene, where we asked a bike store if they shipped bike boxes. Eugene is a very pretty town and very friendly too. I barely remember it from my trip 12 years ago when I came down to visit a friend who was going to school there. The trip was a bust for the box, but we did get a snack and a break from travelling.
On our way north we passed the 45th parallel in Salem (southbound we passed it in Lincoln City). According to the GPS unit, the days were getting longer as we got further and further northward. We gained a few minutes of sunlight since Brookings :)We finally arrived in Portland around 5:30 and checked into the Silver Cloud Inn. After a nice long walk, we settled on a sushi restaurant for dinner and desert of Gelato from across the street. Well I had a Coffee People milkshake in my Coffee People mug from 1996.
Later that evening, Ruben was able to piece together their elevation map from the trip. Here it is in all it's glory:
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