Route 101 to Sonoma

Day 1# It never rains in sunny southern Oregon! It’s a joke. Our good friend Mr. Rain started in around 5pm and made our drive difficult to say the least.

We left town around 10 after a yummy Black Bear DINER meal with all three kids. It is so much fun hanging with kids when they are older. They love sharing anything...sometimes silly, sometimes funny and sometimes cringey. They crack me up—

We had a brief stop to pick up a beautiful picnic basket from my work place that my friend left for me yesterday. I had thoughts of Mark and I having a romantic picnic but I think sometimes I try too hard to make things perfect, memorable, and romantic. I was going to forgo the basket but then my friend offered one up to me. Here’s to hoping for some romance...

Portland and it’s outskirts slowed us way down! It was a city we once loved but now it’s dirty... full of trash...too many roads...too many people...roads not marked.

McMinnville was a bust. Ransom wine has moved and closed their downtown tasting room. I wined a little about “no wine.”

Two bookstores...record shops...antiques kept us happy. We stopped into The Salty Dog in Downtown Coos Bay and ate. Still Keto...down 20lbs. I don’t even have to adjust my road snacks. Beef sticks for the win!

We made it to Gold Beach around 10pm. Hotel was sketch but we slept, showered, and then moved on. We are currently in Gold Beach Books at the coffee shop waiting for it to open...