by Pa Rock
Traveling Fool
Safely back in Salem, Oregon tonight (Friday) and headed home in the morning. I'm going to follow essentially the same route as I did last week when I was headed toward Oregon. Tomorrow I will drive back up into the beautiful Cascades and then follow Highway 20 across Oregon and into Idaho. Even though I feel pressured to get home, I will nevertheless take as many state roads as I can in order to see the real America. That route goes through the community of Sisters, which is beautiful and very touristy, and also through Brothers, Oregon, which is markedly less attractive.
Our trip to Seattle went well. Molly ended it last night by taking her son, Judah, back down to the area around the Pike Place Market where they participated in a "ghost" walking tour and exploration of some local paranormal tales and legends. Willow and I stayed at the hotel and rested.
I don't get to see Willow (age 13) and Judah (age 15) as much as I do my other grandchildren, and this trip I found myself to be both surprised and pleased at how grown up they both have become. They are extremely nice and well behaved young people - and fun to be around. It's always hard to leave Oregon knowing that it may be as much as a year before I see either of them - or their parents - again.
Going to Seattle oo Tuesday we rode an older, plain Jane train that was somewhat of a rough ride - but it did have Wi-Fi. Coming back today we were on a longer, nicer train with much more spacious seating as well as lounge, dining, observation, and sleeper cars. It ran much smoother than the older and smaller train, but surprisingly had no Wi-Fi. The lack of Wi-Fi did give me an opportunity- which I took - to work on a piece of writing that I have been plugging away on for years. I will probably leave it - unfinished. - to Tim, and he can use it as a doorstop. The manuscript is getting big enough that it could also be used as a nice plant stand.
To bed go I, per chance to dream about the long road home.
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