Car is PACKED
2018年5月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Got as much as we could into my car, leaving a bit for Rosie and I to drive. Heading to Lexington, KY. Sue will ship anything else.
My plan is about 600 miles per day; that puts us into Sandy, OR onもっと詳しく
Lexington, KY
2018年5月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
Not too bad for the first day....
HOWEVER, LOOKY WHAT I FOUND FOR DINNER!!! (see pics). OMG
Next up, Kansas City, MO tomorrow....
In boating (cruising), going where you've been before is calledもっと詳しく
Alberto is Here
2018年5月28日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 70 °F
I'm a VERY lucky guy in at least two (2) ways:
1. I have a friend that gave away Monarch Bank Golf Umbrellas on our Bourbon trip.....
2. I have a wife who is always thinking and shoved one in my carもっと詳しく
"Kansas City Here I Come"
2018年5月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
7AM departure; the time change to Central time helped a bit.
“Crossed my wake” at 8:10 EDT.
Arrived at hotel at 3:30..... Nice to just unpack and relax. Rosie was anxious to get out andもっと詳しく
Half way
2018年5月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Clicked here just to set a footprint as my mileage his the half way point.
Interesting being on I-80 as I spent so much time on it in NY, NJ and San Francisco. I-80 starts at the George Washingtonもっと詳しく
Rockies in sight!!!
2018年5月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Cheyenne, Wy
2018年5月30日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 59 °F
Glad to cross another time zone (mountain). Makes arrival time better. However, Rosie hasn’t adjusted so she wakes me up at 6:00am EDT no matter where we are. Gotta work on that.
Big thunderstormもっと詳しく
Ugh....Time Zone Change
2018年5月31日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 45 °F
Love time zone changes as we travel West (it will be bad returning) as our arrivals get earlier and earlier; passing into a new zone daily.
However, Rosie doesn’t adjust, awaking one hour earlierもっと詳しく
Mileage
2018年5月31日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
Took this picture as my trip hit 2,000 miles.
Interesting facts:
•. From home to Kansas City my gas mileage was 29GPM.... not bad
• From Kansas City to Cheyenne it dropped to 23.4MPG.... veryもっと詳しく
Arrived Twin Falls, Idaho
2018年5月31日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
As Rosie gets me up at 6:00AM EDT (which is now 3:00AM PDT) we arrived Twin Falls at around 2:00 PDT. She's having eating issues (not eating) so I spent some time getting some things to help....もっと詳しく
Counting Down
2018年5月31日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
So tomorrow, Rosie and I have one leg left; only 553 miles (shortest leg). We will head straight to the hotel and settle in for 3-4 days (a welcome change to our schedule).
I'll get Rosie into dayもっと詳しく
New Record
2018年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 46 °F
Got on I-84 to Final destination , Sandy, Or.
“Distance to next turn 537 miles”. Wow
Oregon State Line
2018年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
2,677 miles from home.
Arrived 1:30 PDT
2018年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Heckuva trip. I’ll post pics tonight.
Arrival Reflections
2018年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
•. Next time, I probably would add a day of rest after every other stop. Five (5) straight 600 mile days is tough on me and Rosie.
• La Quinta Inns are "hit and miss"...I've seen really nice onesもっと詳しく
Cleaning Up
2018年6月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Here's the final tally.
•. 135 gallons regular gas
•. 3,049.2 miles from home to hotel in Oregon
• 22.6 GPM (average)
As I mentioned before, I saw 29MPG from home to Kansas City. The tripもっと詳しく
Time for the Unveiling
2018年6月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
Well, it's time to pick up the RosieBus.... We're staying in a hotel in Gresham, OR (about 15 miles from Sandy, OR, where the dealer is), I found a doggy-day-care in Mt. Hood (minutes from the dealer)もっと詳しく
Looky What I Found
2018年6月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
When we first arrived at the parking space, it was pretty cloudy. While walking Rosie, look what popped out of the clouds!! Mt. Hood is directly out the window...
What an incredible view.....
RosieBus has arrived
2018年6月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
With car in tow (first time) we have occupied, with no damages, out first campsite.
Beautiful space, with shade, on a creek directly to the rear, and the Sandy River on other side of site. Rosieもっと詳しく
Just Relaxing
2018年6月8日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Spent Thursday and Friday relaxing, organizing, setting up TV’s, exploring, etc...
Saturday will be shut in as the rains have arrived. Sue flies in Sunday so the adventure will begin in full.
Rain and more rain
2018年6月9日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
Interesting weather. Light rain; sunshine; heavy rain; sunshine. Nathan advises hail in Portland.
Now, at 8:30pm, rainbow...
We Complete the Occupants
2018年6月10日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Picking up Sue in Portland early afternoon. Rosie bus is ready. It’ll be interesting how we adapt to “Tiny House” living for a little while.
Looking forward to her arrival.
Reservations atもっと詳しく
Mt. Hood and Multnomah Falls
2018年6月11日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Took a day trip to see the Columbia River at Mt. Hood (mainly for PJ Doherty). We’ve been there before buts it’s a nice little town.
Stopped by Multnomah Falls on way back.
Rosie Meets Critters
2018年6月13日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Lots of long walks end up meeting critters Rosie doesn’t see elsewhere. Generally hard to get pics as it happens so fast.
Rabbits
Squirrels
Ground squirrels
Birds living in shrubs
Slugs (huge).もっと詳しく
Nathans New Diggs
2018年6月14日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Had dinner with the boy last night. Sue took train into Portland so I crated Rosie and drove in... only 20-25 mins. After dinner, we took Nathan home (He walks to work) and got to see his new place onもっと詳しく











































































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