Saturday Aug. 22

Looking at the maps I was concerned about driving I-84 from Hermiston, OR to Portland, OR.
The road runs right along a river. Well let me tell you, that is one of the prettiest roads we've ever been on! The river is more like a large lake and we only got too close a time or two. Like when I was on the phone with our oldest son, Shane, and we had water on both sides of us. That was enough to freak anyone out. Hope I can get online soon and post pictures because it was a fantastic drive. Until we got to Portland (sigh) and we hit all the traffic. Stoplights on every cornerand bumper to bumper traffic is not our idea of fun. Portland looked like a fascinating city but again it is not something we're interested in. Arrived at Layfayette and found the RV park where we had reservations. Manager comes out of office and says "we have no spaces left". After a short discussion he said he had one site but didn't think we'd fit. Bud got us into the space! The park is the pits but it is hard to find a vacancy so we took it. Tomorrow we are heading to the ocean and to look for a spot where we can just sit for a few days.