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Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Pacific Northwest - Part 1

Psych had already been green-lighted for season five by the time I inquired with my friend Steve about making a trip to spend time with him on the set of the popular USA Network show. The offer had been made years before, but now the timing seemed right. We'd be able to fly up to Seattle, spend a couple days, maybe get a rental car for the trip into British Columbia, Canada. Then again, we could always fly into Oregon and drive from there - Portland looks fun. Ah, why don't we just do a long road trip and see the Pacific Northwest? Sold! So we ended up taking a 10 day trip, including stops in northern California, Oregon, Washington and Vancouver, B.C. We had a great time and brought back a ton of photos. I think the best way to share them will be in small installments. Here then, is Part 1 of our vacation. Please enjoy.

Here we are starting out in the stretch of northern California just beyond Chico. Erin, being much better traveled than me in this part of the country, promised logging trucks every ten feet. She wasn't far off.

South Weed was much closer, but, let me tell you, it was worth the wait for what Central Weed had to offer.

A very common scene while climbing into southern Oregon - lots of open road and misty, lush greenery.

This is a very small community outside of Portland known as Tobacco Town. Seriously though, this struck me as interesting - not something we see in practically-smoke-free Cali.

Portland, Oregon. I got the impression of a very colorful, unique, and friendly city.

Erin, grinning along the bank of the Willamette River, with the Burnside Bridge and the greenish spires of the Oregon Convention Center in the distance.

We had watched enough of the Travel Channel's Man vs. Food to know that no trip to Portland would be complete without a stop at the original Voodoo Doughnut.