It rains in the Pacific Northwest in case you didn't know. It has been raining for one week, since we hit the northwest coast of California! Oh well, that's how they roll in Oregon. But I must say that it does have an amazingly beautiful coast. It really reminded me of the movie Goonies for some reason...in the picture above where I'm pointing, can't you tell I can practically make out where One-Eyed Willie's ship came out of that cave?
Our main goal was heading to Portland, OR to see an old fraternity friend of Zach's. We took the coast route until we heard a forecast the proclaimed a "special wind event"--to define that in Oregon terms, that would be gusting winds up to 70 mph, fuckin' event indeedely-do. So we went to some Sea Lion caves on the coast and got the hell outta there right afterwards. If you haven't driven an RV before, it's like driving a billboard--25mph gusts will move your shit a few feet sideways if you don't have a death grip on the wheel.
Portland is a rockin city--I highly recommend going if you like beers, I like beers. Zach's friend Ken and his lovely girlfriend Jennifer were wonderful hosts. They took us to some great drinking spots--Henry's 12th Street Tavern (over 100 taps!) and Deschutes Brewery. Both were awesome, but Deschutes made a Belgian brew that was 9.5% alcohol and was named "Streaking The Quad"--which ensued many quotes from Old School out of us and the bartender. They also have a beer called Mirror Mirror that has 11.5% alchol, so this place is good if you like bang for your buck buzz wise. We also had the pleasure of meeting Jen's bird Pico, who was really cute and entertaining.
After sleeping off the beers of the night before, we headed to the Columbia River Gorge along the historic Columbia River Highway. We stopped several times to check out the falls and take some hikes.
So that's all for now, we're currently in Fruitland, Idaho enroute to Yellowstone in Wyoming. We plan on hitting up Crater Moon National Monument on the way!
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