I'm Outta Here!

I am currently at the Baldock rest area, stretching my legs. There's a tree representing every state planted, including a Scarlett Oak from Washington, DC, the Flowering Dogwood of Virginia, a White Oak from Illinois, and of course a Douglas Fir from Oregon. The palm trees from warmer climates0 look a bit sad!

This morning, I was able to get the cooler packed and myself out the door by 9:30am. Everything else was packed. Teetee looked like she knew what was going on. I really hate to leave her... on my way down the driveway, I saw that my peonies are about to bloom, and that I was going to miss them. So I stopped the car, grabbed my shears, and cut 5 or 6 stems. I now have "car flowers!"

I left work about 2pm and decided to take the backroads due to the heavy holiday weekend traffic. It was a smooth trip until I hit Wilsonville, where I was to get onto I-5. Traffic was backed up for over a mile just to get to the entrance ramp! Overall, I think it saved me about 20 minutes.

Later... I stopped at one more rest area about an hour and a quarter later. My plan for the entire trip is to stop every hour to an hour and a half to stretch my legs. I set my timer for 10 minutes and walk around. Of course, some of that time involves the bathroom. No worries, Margaret!

The landscape past Eugene is really beautiful. Hilly, with a ton of trees. Not a ton of traffic, either.

I rolled into Roseburg, Oregon, at about 6:30pm. I drove to my hotel, but realized that I wanted to stop for some sort of bread. There was nothing near the hotel, so I went back an exit to a Grocery Outlet and found some pita bread.

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