Saturday, August 23, 2014

Salem, OR & Silver Falls State Park, OR

Muskrats at a local pond 
Muskrats playing

A sweet sleepy Maxie

"R.O.U.S.s..   I don't think they exist."




Walking around downtown Salem



The Church on Church Street







Weekend trip to Silver Falls State Park in OR - the largest State Park in Oregon and called the "Crown Jewel" of the Oregon State Parks System

South Falls - 177 ft cascade





















Sunday, August 10, 2014

Coast -to- Coast -to- Coast




Oregon to Virginia:
three days
Salem, OR
Rock Springs, WY (end of day one)
Blue Springs, MO (end of day two)
Richmond, VA (end of day three)

Virginia to Oregon:
five days








Maxie loading the RV (riding the cart down the hallway)


On the road out of Oregon


Eastern Oregon

The Columbia River Gorge




105 in the desert



First night from OR to VA - Ross drove over 15 hours.....













Day 2 - WY to MO



The start of I-64

18 hours of driving on Day 3....crazy



Arch in the background










Maxie at Ma and Pa's


Packing up for the trip back West



Subaru loaded up and ready to go from VA to OR

RMT driving the Uhaul; KCT driving the RV (with AWI, Ming the pug, and 2 cats)


Max enjoying the scenery 





Max likes the pillows (first hotel stop in West VA)

Molly the cat decided to crawl into the hotel sink.......we finally found her here after a half hour of searching the room....



Wait - what's all the fuss about this "arch"?










Lightening - we hit a bad storm near Kansas City

Record rainfall in Kansas City





Thunderstorm




Back to Rock Springs, WY










A weary pug







A good riding pal

Rest stop north of Salt Lake City





Crop Duster






Back in Salem, a bum chasing another bum off of his corner

Lincoln City, OR



All unloaded!



RV tucked back in after a long cross-country trip

Back home and so tired!