One of the many advantages of RV travel is the ability to change directions, routes and destinations quickly, as in after a 30 minute discussion. We have moved inland to an another delightful town in the heart of Oregon’s Pinot Noir country, McMinnville. We drove through miles of manicured vineyards and orchards to get here, some 30 miles east of the coast, and have established our outpost at Old Stone RV Resort, among the top 5 parks we have visited in 7 years of RV’ing. This is a large park and every square inch not under a concrete pad is perfectly landscaped. The office is opulent, and the salt water, heated pool is beautiful. All this at an affordable price. Within a few miles is a Monrovia garden and nursery, literally a mile or so in length and as wide. Landscaping comes naturally to these folks.
We are about 40 miles south of the city of thuggery, Portland, which is as close as we’ll get. Oregon is surprisingly conservative, AWAY from the metropolitan areas which constitute the majority of their electorate.
We are walking distance, on a manicured paved sidewalk, from a huge aviation museum, replete with a SR-71 and the Spruce Goose that Howard Hughes built and flew. Of course that is on our agenda for the next 8 days or so. There is also an airport within a mile or so, with a helicopter and fixed wing training program, filling the skies with eager student pilots, shooting approaches and hovering about. My planning and logistics officer/chef and travel guide has once again exceeded every expectation. Today, she has earned another bottle of Oregons finest vino.
As is our recent custom, I am forwarding photos to better explain our current situation, with more to come this week of the vineyards and our travel. Readers can expect additional photos of the museum as an extra feature.
A final thought. We are canvassing the neighborhood this morning to find Jim Cantori. When we lodged in Arizona, wild, wind driven fires began burning the Grand Canyon up, so we relocated to coastal Oregon and apparently triggered a record earthquake and a tsunami threat. We are now in the legendary Willamette Valley and are facing a rare “extreme heat” event tomorrow through Tuesday with predicted highs of near 107, actual. Kinda spooky!
Have a great week!
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