Two detours

Mile 2202

Sitting here at Big Guys Cafe in Newport, OR. We just visited cousin, Camille. I think the last time anyone in our family had seen her was over 30 years ago! We only had a couple hours to catch up, but it was a very nice visit. They have a really nice house in a great little coastal town. We really like it up here.

There isn't much else new to report since the last blog, but here's what's happened:
After leaving Bend, we really didn't get to see much. We were trying to take the McKenzie Pass which would have taken us just north of Mt. Bachelor (the ski resort) and the Three Sisters Mountains. Unfortunately, we were detoured completely around the range by a forest fire. So that set us back about an hour. And we didn't get to see those mountains.

When we finally got to Eugene, we stopped by just to drive through the downtown area. We really didn't have much time to stop and walk around or anything. Seemed like a pretty nice town though. After Eugene, we headed straight for the coast, but again we were diverted by a closed road. Lost another hour here, but at least the drive was really pretty. Found out later on the local news that one of those double gas tankers overturned and road will be closed for at least 24 hours. Must have been pretty bad because they had to evacuate some local residents.

We made to the Oregon coast by mile 2118, once again just in time to see the sunset. It wasn't quite as impressive because of the heavy low fog, so no pics to post. After that, we checked into the Old Town Inn in Florence, OR for the evening..