Playing Hooky
Grandpa Rick is in town, and in celebration of Tyler's upcoming school year, I took off from work today and we are on a little two-day adventure. We pushed off Sunday around 11:30 with the camera gear packed, and headed west to Oregon and the UP.
We did not hear/see much until Durkee, but then things picked up and we had a good run of action along the tracks. Around sunset, we caught a westbound Manifest west of Pendleton just as the sun set, and put the pickup in gear and trucked 80 miles west to a motel room in Biggs. After securing the room, we ate at Linda's Restaurant, a truck-stop diner.
The weather is unseasonably delightful, with a high on Sunday in the mid-70's. We are along the Columbia Rivet this morning, perched on the rocks with a gentle breeze and mid-70's again. Now, if a train would just show up...
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August 17th, 2009 - 10:54
A Big Boy Trip – how fun!