Hello again friends. We have been holed up in Northwest Oregon since our last post, thanks to the 100 yr storm that hit the coast.  Actually, it was a series of storms that began on Friday, 12/12.  We were in Astoria, on the coast at the time.  The first snow hit on Sunday and delayed our departure to Orgon City until 12/ 17.  We made a mad dash over Rt 30, snow covered roads and heavy snow throughout the 50 mile drive that took 2 hrs.  After the worst drive of the 20,000 mile walk-about we managed to get to Oregon City unscathed.

We would be confined to O. City for the next week. The storm began over night on 12/19: 6″ snow, then rain that left 3/4″ of ice, then 6″ more of snow.  The power went out in the neighborhood, the furnace in the Airstrem froze and the roads we unpassable.  We just hunkered down with the family, thanks to David Jr.’s generator.  On the “bright” side, it was a beautiful White Christmas.

On Friday 12/26 the rain started.  Very heavy rain for the next four days. At least it hastened the snow melt so we could finally get the van out.  The moving company came on Monday and we packed up the final batch of our goods for Maui.  On Thursday, we turned over the keys to the Airstream to David and drove (through the rain, of course) to Seattle.   On Friday, we put the van on the barge for Maui and had a wonderful dinner at the top of the Space Needle.

We are now on the verge of the final stage: one way ticket to Maui on Tuesday morning.  Over the two trips with the Airstream this year we logged 6 1/2 months, 20,540 miles covering 31 states.  What an adventure.  Our next installment should be from Maui.

Until then, aloha.

J&A