As miles and miles of scenery fall behind us, we lapse into spells of silence and then long triabes of solving world problems. Listening to a confusing mixture of music: James Taylor, Dwight Yokum, Rod Stewart and Porterhouse Bob. Oops, I think I even closed my eyes and dosed a wee bit. The last 2 hours of a long 8.5 hour day on the road, Owen started mumbling about other drivers, road conditions, nothingness... Trying to fight off the boredom of the road and perhaps to keep himself focused. But enjoyable it has been... heading north toward home.
After checking into the hotel/motel of choice, be it a Quality Inn, Comfort Inn or Best Western (not the most expensive but certainly not a seedy little wayside motel), we manage to get a short walk to stretch our legs and backs. A necessity. We ordered a pizza our first night from Extreme Pizza in Modesto, CA. A healthy, good veggie pizza, full of spinach, artichokes and feta. Yummy. They even have gluten free on the menu. Unfortunately the 2nd night we made the mistake of going to a Chinese Restaurant in Roseburg, Oregon. We need to relearn these Chinese Restaurant experiences every 8 years or so. Too much MSG or too much grease, or too much paste, or maybe it was the slightly stained silverware and sticky soya sauce containers. Whatever the problem, there is something about these less than stellar Chinese Restaurants that need to be avoided. Lesson learned (again).
Thumbs up: Modesto, CA Extreme Pizza
Thumbs down: Roseburg, OR Lee's Chinese Restaurant
And we are back in Canada....
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