To recap: Day 14: we drove. A lot.
There, you are all caught up. Saturday, Day 15, May 30th. Portland has been having great weather and we took advantage of it by spending much of the day outside. As De Ann told you, we went to the Saturday Market and toured around downtown a bit. I showed De Ann where Ash & Bridget had their reception and a couple of other landmarks from the event. We headed out to Multnomah Falls, taking the long way up and around the Historic Oregon Trail road (Exit 17 off of Hwy 84, if you want to find it.) Beautiful drive that takes you all the way up to a place called the VISTA HOUSE, Crown Pointe. This two story stone bungalow is perfectly situated on a high point far above the Columbia River below. You could see for miles and miles, a perfect day in Portland! On to the falls for some hiking, pictures and an ice cream cone.
We headed back to Kathy and Mat’s house for some relaxation time on the patio and then on to dinner. It was a good visit with Ashley and we enjoyed the time with her and the rest of the Jennings clan. Can’t wait for Ashley’s next visit to Denver at the end of June!
This morning, after a quick breakfast at Shari’s diner (a chain, much like Coco’s) we headed out for our trek to Port Angeles to catch the ferry to Victoria B.C. So, as I type this, we are stressing that we will not be making the ferry. We have a reservation on the 5:15p shuttle and they advise getting there 60 minutes early to claim the reservation. We followed the GPS up I-5 to WA-16 and then we were to take the WA-104 bridge over to get to Port Angeles. Well, as we were heading up WA-16, there was a sign indicating that the bridge was closed on WA-104. So, after doing some quick research of the maps, we figured out that our only choice was to backtrack all the way back to Olympia and take Hwy 101 up to Port Angeles. Soooo, De Ann is stressing and driving, and we are slowly making our way north, hoping and praying that we make this damn ferry. There are no other ferries…this is the last one. So if we don’t make this, we are going to be spending the night in Port Angeles. De Ann (aka Mario Andretti) is doing her damndest on these mountain roads…speed limits fluctuating between 50 and 35, traffic, quaint towns and slow drivers. OUT OF OUR WAY, PEOPLE!! We’ll see what happens! Wish us luck! Check in with you guys tomorrow.
Until then…
