17 April 2018
It’s been a long day. I got out of bed at 5:30 am and was packed and loaded and on the road at 7:30 am. I stopped for a brief breakfast at a restaurant on the way out of California.
The drive north on 199 is something to see. I pretty much took my time on the “S” curves taking in the scenery along the way. Eventually, 199 feeds into Interstate 5 at Grant’s Pass. I stopped for Starbucks (yes, I know) and then headed north on I-5.
About 50 miles out of Eugene, Oregon, I though about getting the oil changed in the jeep. I was down to 7% left on my last change and the new vehicles have a thing about not letting you destroy your engine. I once ran low on Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) and a dire warning came up on the dash that said the engine would shut down and I would not be able to start the jeep unless I replenished the DEF. I didn’t want to take a chance with the oil.
I called a jeep dealer in Eugene and they said bring it in and they would try to get me back on the road in an hour’s time. They were good to their word. The whole process was easy (and cheaper than Fort Lauderdale). I also had them change out the wiper blades (it is Oregon, after all) and the whole deal cost $102.
As it turns out, the person I talked to on the phone ended up being my agent at the jeep service department. He’s a graduate of the University of Oregon in film and is currently getting a second degree in business.
Once the jeep was serviced, I checked and they had failed to reset the oil monitor. It was still reading 7%. There is a way to reset it but the guy who tried to do it for me couldn’t and had to take it back to the service department. Eventually, they got it reset and I was back on the road.
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I hit a traffic jam on the interchange from I-5 to I-84 at Portland (heading to The Dalles). It took a good 45 minutes to get through the traffic. Once I was free of the jam, I made pretty good time.
On the way, I noticed a turnoff for Multnomah Falls, my absolute favorite waterfall in the world. Strangely, you could not get on historic highway 30 – the first tourist highway specifically built for tourists – and the gateway to the falls, but you could pull into a center section of I-84, park, and then walk under I-84 to the Falls. This beats trying to fight traffic and find parking on the very narrow highway 30 – no matter how historic.
From there it was a short drive to the Comfort Inn at The Dalles. I immediately started a load of clothes and I’m finishing up the drying as I type this. This is a fairly nice place but it is showing its age.
Tomorrow, I try to find a way to the National Park Inn at Mount Rainier. Tom Green will meet me there and we’ll spend three days driving around, doing short hikes, and hopefully eating some good food – if we don’t freeze to death.
