I don't mean to put down my home state of California,
but it's getting ugly here.
We drove mile after mile looking at brown and dead weeds.
The change as we got close to Oregon was dramatic.
I don't usually take scenery pictures,
but I could not resist this time.
But that's not the only difference.
Does something look different about this table
when we stopped for dinner in Medford?
You guessed it, no water. Not unless you ask for it. There is no
drought in Oregon. It falls from the sky more often than not.
Where we come from, restaurants bring water to you as soon as you sit down. It's automatic.
And this. How I love this. It's hard finding just a garbage can in
Oregon. But they do often have places for paper, cans...and look
how small the waste compartment is. I think this would be a great
way for kids to grow up.
And for our final treat for tonight….
We get to open our windows here in Medford, Oregon. Fresh air!
Seriously fresh, and it smells so wonderful
I can not even describe it.
We cannot do this at home.Tyler recently told me
we made 1st place in worst air in the country.
Sorry, don't mean to sound like a trader.
California has it's virtues too….most of my family lives there.
Hey, and on our drive here we got to listen to this about my niece,
Whitney. She got selected by The Longest Shortest
Time….podcasts all about unique parenting. If you don't have the
20 minutes to listen to it now, at least check out the pictures. It's
(Whitney is the youngest daughter of my brother Richard and Wendy (aka Chickee)
Excuse me, but just ignore the rest of this post. It's just info of our trip I want to remember.
It would be too boring for anyone else.
7:30 We woke up, ate, packed, and made lunch until we left at 9:23am
10:39 Livingston, Ca for gas and power walk, left 10:57
12:41 Woodland, Ca (just north of Sacramento) gas and power walk, left at 12:58
lady clerk was really nice and gave us a free garbage bag (I forgot to pack ours)
milage: 198.5
3:00 Redding, Ca gas and power walk left at 3:18
Made quick bathroom stop at McDonalds about 10 min from Ashland, Oregon
milage: 343
5:45 arrived at Hampton Inn in Medford, Oregon
(next time call the hotel the day before and ask them NOT to spray any room freshener. Apparently calling them the
morning of was not soon enough. This place reeks even with the window open and the fan going.
But the air outside is heavenly.)
Also, next time put some large ziploc bags in the glove compartment for garbage.
Lunch: egg sandwiches and apples
Dinner: Elmers. I had cod, baked potatoes and vegetables. Dennis had a strawberry, apple, chicken salad.
The service was incredibly slow, and not that good, due to a soft ball convention in town.
The car seat warmers plus Curcumin really helped Den's sciatic pain.
Hampton Inn beat out both Springhill Suites and Holiday Inn Express we stayed in last few times here.
Beds firm but okay. We used my 2 camera battery rechargers so light up the bathroom a little.
A few other things we liked about his hotel:
The hardboiled eggs to eat on the run.
Den said the food below was not too good.
But he loved the pillows they have all lined up for everyone's back.
It's all about the little things.