This entire trip began as a business excursion for Vicky. I
just tagged along for the ride… for the very, very long ride.
So, we ended up in Portland, in a lovely room at the Hilton
Downtown. I didn’t really care for downtown because it was mostly businesses
and homeless – no bueno.
But I got out for a jog on my first morning there and had a
nice enough time. When I came back, Vicky was busy – she’d be working while we
were there – so I went off to find what was – nay, is – perhaps the finest
speedy sandwich establishment ever created…
Holy shit, folks. Have you been here? Go! If there’s one
nearby, go! And then, order me something. Like their Italian sandwich. Then,
mail it to me. I don’t care if it doesn’t make it! I’ll lick the envelope! My
god, I have wet dreams about their sandwiches!
… and that was pretty much Oregon.
Oh, wait. Um… I walked up to Northwest Portland to see a
publisher and just fell in love with the Northwest district. It had what I missed about Downtown - that hominess, niceness, pleasantness that made me want to just move there. I mean, it’s
awesome.
But after Portland, for all of its pleasures – did I mention
we were at the Hilton? It’s pretty nice – I just wanted to go home. I missed my
puppies, my computer, my TV – everything!
Vicky and I took a long – perhaps too long – drive down the
Oregon coast on the 101. Hey, Oregon folks, can you put some speed limit signs
up for crying out loud? When we saw that Welcome to California sign, I
practically cheered!
More on that next…
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