32 day road trip

So I have to start wayyy back to June when I went to Oregon to visit my Uncle Rick.  I loved Grants Pass, and enjoyed the farmer's market and the vegetables and breads and cheeses.  I loved being where my mom is, well her ashes at any rate.  She asked that we put her in with the rose bushes and since I hadn't seen them in 10 years they were massive!  Well over 8 feet tall and still growing.  My Uncle has two dogs and a cat so I wasn't too lonesome for my cats.  Hard being away for 32 days but they forgave me.  Oregon is a pot smokers Heaven, everywhere you go there are stores and the whole state reeks of it.  We went to a party next door to my families place on a "plantation" and in an unrelated matter, they dug a hole and put in a whole pig and cooked it in the ground, no dear reader I was NOT brave enough to try it, as we were late to the party in the orchard, (where the live band had set up next to the Rogue River), and it was 115 in the shade and the flies and bees were feasting on the carcass long before we arrived. #gross  I heard it was good and plan on trying to do that in our backyard come spring.


Uncle Rick and I went on the Rogue River Jet Boats and I had so much fun I wanted to go over and over,  if you ever get down there I suggest you make a point to take this side trip.  We went out to this little rural dairy farm store which is an offshoot of Rogue Creamery.  Visiting from Montana and was brought here before going to take a tour of wildlife images. Beautiful farm incredibly sweet and kind and knowledgeable lady behind the counter who made us an incredible chocolate Stout cheddar grilled cheese sandwich that was beyond heavenly. Enjoy the gift shopwhere you can purchase everything from specialty mustard to better to ice cream hats and bags cheese of course etc. You must stop by for the grill cheese sandwich!See my review here.


Stop at the Wildlife Images right next door, and see some incredible animals, it is not to miss.  Also, learn to never feed ducks bread, only duck feed or risk harming them for life.


We started our Oregon 101 coast trip at the Jedidiah Smith Redwood Forest and ended our two week drive at beautiful Astoria, Oregon / Washington where I attempted to go see the Goonie house don't bother.  I was so bummed.  My favorite stop was the Driftwood Shores hotel see room here, where every room is on the beach.  I wanted to cry for how beautiful it was, I never wanted to leave.  Go here, trust me.  Second favorite was the Oregon Dunes, and this is saying something.  Since I left, all I've wanted to do is go back you guys.  I believe we will live on the Oregon coast, even if it is when we retire.


So my son Christopher emailed me back and I went down to Sacramento to visit him and go have lunch and he gave me a tour of the schools he went to.  Best day of my life besides the day I had him.  My son and I are truly the same person practically.  I could've stayed there with him just looking at him.  Christopher is the best part of me, and the best man, his parents raised him well.


I went to stay with my cousin Francis who is more like my sister in Eureka, CA where she has a practice and lives on this incredible piece of property in the forest just two miles from the most beautiful coastal beach that we walked on arm and arm, talking for hours and took a cruise around do this for fun!.  You guys it was just what I needed.


I headed back up to Grant Pass, Oregon to pick up my bestie Tammi from the airport so we could go on our multi state Twilight movie location road trip.  See my YouTube for those videos.


Sadly, we had to drive to Tulsa so I could meet with my Nana's attorney and wrap that estate stuff up.  Happily I was able to go visit Church on The Move and Hideaway Pizza, alas I missed McNellie's because I was just too tired.  I headed straight back up to Montana after the 15 minute meeting with her attorney.


Long and adventurous 32 days, now that I think about it, I should've went down there first, then went up to Oregon, but hey, what can you do?  That road trip with my Uncle where we just took our time driving up the coast and staying at hotels on the beach and stopping at every beach and the Umpqua lighthouse tour (so cool) and the Tillamook cheese factory was neat also.


Ok, so on to my first REAL Las Vegas visit, next post.


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