new place so she could start graduate school at the University of Texas. We left Anthony in charge of the house and pets. We all knew this would be a long drive; much longer going than coming back as we would be hauling and had to watch our speed. Anna set up the schedule to take in some sites/cities she had either visited before or wanted to see. It turned out this trip was a great experience: a chance to get closer to the daughters; a chance to see new sites; a chance to reminisce; all in all, a wonderful time.
As our past trips have shown, we left at 11:15 AM (my father would be shocked!), hauling a U-Haul trailer behind our Jeep. We lived through 3 traffic jams, and stopped in Olympia for lunch. Matt and Connie ate at McDonald's, while Anna and Katie chose Taco Time. We hoped to avoid eating at national chains so didn't begin with that very well. We topped off our stop by buying a trailer lock at Fred Meyer. We found an Apple Peddler restaurant in Sutherlin OR for dinner, so no chain there. We were running low on gas, so pulled off to try a Shell station. It was closed, but Anna claimed the credit card should still work. It didn't; we figured later it was due to the practice of Oregon gas station employees still pumping gas for us. We were able to make it to a Chevron, where that happened for us.
Our first sign of wildlife: a deer on the slope next to the freeway. We made it to the previously-booked Shilo Inn in Grant's Pass. We pulled into a parking lot and saw a raccoon approach the car. It stopped and stared at our car, running off when Matt approached. We shared a room, which resulted in Anna having to say, "Stop snoring!" She was hoping to stop Matt, but I woke up, too; so who was the snorer?
We didn't take a lot of pictures during our first day, so enjoy the shots of Mt. Shasta!
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