Pacific Northwest

We rested up in Utah secure hold and unloaded Monday morning and headed to Hawthorne, Nevada. We spent another night in secure hold and unloaded around noon Tuesday (eastern time). We were the only truck in the area with only one load out a day so we headed to Sparks, which is outside Reno to refuel and shower. We were almost there (about 100 miles) when we got a load offer to pick up the next afternoon back in Hawthorne! We accepted but went on to Sparks.

The Alamo truck stop is not a bad place to have to hang out. It's a casino, truck stop, restaurant, bar. We met some really fun people and hung out til way too late! The next afternoon we headed back to Hawthorne and loaded up to head to Oregon.

We made it to Clackamas, Oregon for an early morning (pacific time) delivery only to find that there had been some miscommunication regarding the destination and we really needed to go another 100 miles northwest to Warrenton, Oregon, which was on the coast, in the corner of the ocean and the Columbia River. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get the paperwork straightened out and then we headed north. It was a beautiful drive....the pines, the river, even the fog.

We unloaded at the Army National Guard unit and asked the sargeant where to get fresh seafood. He recommended a place called Bell Bouy. It was a really tiny, simple place, but was FABULOUS. They own a small cannery, next door is a retail outlet for fresh and smoked salmon, etc., and then next to that is the little eatery. Each order is prepared individually after requested. We had a whole dungeness crab, prawns, and the best clam chowder ever!

We spent the weekend at a truckstop in Portland. We accepted a job Friday that was picking up in southern Washington this afternoon and going to Chicago. We got to watch the Buckeyes win Saturday, met some fun people that work for Atlas moving. I learned that movers call themselves "bedbuggers." I really don't think I could refer to myself as that!!

We loaded up today with 7400 pounds of frozen raspberry puree and are headed to Chicago to deliver Wednesday morning.