Hello and Happy Monday from the road.
We traveled over to the west coast for the Oregon International Air Show and to see the highlight of the show, The Red Arrows, who are from England and were in town preforming. We attended the show on Saturday which was very lucky because they had to cancel the Sunday performance due to weather. Oh man, I feel so sad for all those that missed out on Sunday. The Red Arrows performance was the highlight of the trip.
The last few days have had some highs and lows. I’m going to lay them out for you (which is how Tina at Carrots N’ Cake likes to do).
High: Getting To See A College Friend
We drove to Oregon on Thursday afternoon and arrived in time to visit with my college friend Lisa as well as enjoy dinner with her cute family. Our last visit to the Oregon Coast was in 2009 so it was great to see Lisa and Brian again as well as meet their 8-year old son Hudson. We had dinner at this really cute German restaurant called Gastov’s. I would have loved to had more time to explore more of the menu.
Low: Portland Traffic
We made Vancouver, WA our home for the four nights we were in town. This was partly due to the overall trip and partly due to who we wanted to see. So, we made the decision to drive to McMinnville each day for the air show as well as one day to the Oregon Coast. Oh man, Portland traffic is bad. And, there were so many crashes along the route to McMinnville. Oy! What a headache.
High: Friday Night Fireworks & Saturday Red Arrows
We had so much fun at the Oregon International Air Show and Kenyon even got us front row reserved seats. It was awesome to be up close with the action. Friday night was the night show with a couple of performances and then a huge firework display. The show opened with “The Greatest Show” and ended with “Burning Man” which included fire. It was epic.
Of course Saturday was the highlight. We arrived a bit later in the day so we could sleep in longer and were moving a bit slower on Day 2. We knew the Red Arrows would be the last to perform and it worked out well arriving late since we had seen several of the performances either the night before or at Oshkosh. The Red Arrows were just spectacular.
I still think seeing them preform made the rest of the traffic and dis-origination around McMinnville Airport worth it.
High: Old Spaghetti Factory
We stumbled across an OSF on our way to McMinnville. We love OSF so it was a special treat.
Low: Traffic & Air Show Dis-Organization
Holy Traffic! Friday we parked at the Evergreen Aviation Museum and planned to take the shuttle to the airport for the night show. We had a great time at the museum and paid extra for a cockpit tour of a Spruce Goose.
The shuttles to the airport were not anywhere near organized and thankfully we left plenty of time to make it across the busy SH18 only to find out we had to walk about a half a mile to the gate. DOH! Day 2 was even worse. We thought we would pay the extra $5 to be closer of a walk and to avoid the shuttle from the museum. While it worked out great getting to the gate, getting out of the parking lot was a nightmare. 45 minutes later, we made it to SH18 to find all roads and alternate routes grid locked with traffic and crashes. UGH! Kenyon made a big loop and decided to drive 23 extra miles one way to Salem to then hit I5 and go back north. Three hours later we finally made it to our hotel. DOH!
High: Kenyon winning $200 And A Visit With A High School Friend
We went to the Ilani Resort Casino to meet with my high school friend Drew and his husband Nicholas. We had also planned to attend the free Wilson Phillips Concert at the casino but since it took us so long to get back to the hotel from the air show we missed it. Kenyon won $200 at the slots.
High: A Visit To Tillamook Cheese Factory & Ice Cream
We drove to Tillamook and also down SH101 on the Oregon Coast. I love cheese curds. We also enjoyed a pizza and two scoops of ice cream. Oh yeah! That is the good stuff.
Low: Kenyon Losing $200 And Me Losing Too
We went back to the casino on Saturday night for dinner and more gambling. Whomp Whomp. We both lost. Darn it!
I'll be back with Part 2 of our travel adventures.
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