OK, last of the “vacation” reports – for a while at least. Spent 3 days at a Bed & Breakfast in Sechelt this week (A Place By The Sea) which was very relaxing. Mostly just lounged around, which took getting used to ;). Last day, however, we went on a 3 hour boat cruise up Sechelt Inlet (I’ve also heard it called Porpoise Bay) which was great, because while we didn’t see porpoises we did see dolphins and seals:
Great way to finish the time off. More pictures at my Flickr site here.
After some horrendous traffic in Washington (flipped semi near Centralia, rush hour in Tacoma and construction in Seattle) we finally got home after driving about 10.5 hours. Long day, but glad to have done it in one stretch and be back. One bright spot – News1130 said there was a 40 minute border lineup. There were 3 cars. News1130 said that Highway 1 was backed up to 200th coming in from the valley. Nope, smooth sailing all the way. So don’t believe everything you hear ;).
So we’re home, but not for long – we leave Saturday morning for a Sechelt B&B for definite relaxation with Bruce & Janice. In the meantime, I have tried to catch up on the blogs (anyone notice?) and have also managed to post a small number of the over 2300 pictures that (mostly) I managed to take while we were gone. You can view them here.
I’ll post after we get back from Sechelt, no doubt with other pics.
Driving driving driving. Yup that was about it today. Well, OK, small excitement in a brush fire at the side of the road just outside Grants Pass, OR. It was just about out by the time we got there, but that didn’t stop traffic from being backed up for miles. It also didn’t stop the half dozen water-bombing helicopters from buzzing around the fire very quickly. Interesting to see, for sure (all pics courtesy of Mare):
The fire was very close to the highway:
As we finally reached the actual fire and drove by, I was struck by the heat that was still coming from it, even though it was essentially out. The outside temperature was already over 90 degrees F, but I still felt the heat from the fire as we went by with an open window. You can also still see a few flames:
Exciting, even if it delayed us getting to our hotel by over an hour. Finally arrived at Canyonville in the evening and decided to stay at the Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino (hey why not be Vegas for just one more night ;)). Nice place, reasonable rooms. Didn’t lose much, which was a bonus.
Tomorrow, on to Washington and home.
