What a day this has been. John wants to get to Portland by Sunday afternoon, so that we can hit the Oregon coast on Monday. So, we left Idaho Falls, ID this a.m. at about 10:15 a.m., drove all morning and stopped in Twin Falls for lunch at IHOP. As usual, the meal was plentiful and satisfying. We shopped at the nearby T. J. Maxx for jeans for me and at JC Penney for a flannel shirt for John. We were way unprepared for these cooler temps. We only brought one pair of jeans and I have worn them 3 days now. Thankfully, jeans don't actually get dirty, or maybe only a little! We adjusted our stuff, got water and hit the road again. We rode and rode and rode and I posted pictures on facebook all along the way. The scenery was so different than that of the Rockies and surrounding areas, but it was beautiful, just the same. We were so tired of Idaho by late afternoon, we decided that we were going to go as far into Oregon as we could to be closer to our weekend destination. We stopped just over the state line in Ontario, OR and got ice, snackage, and rearranged our stuff once again. We plugged along for 2 more hours and landed safely in Pendleton, OR at our new second home, HI Express. We plan on totally repacking in the a.m. and consolidating all dirty clothes in one bag. We have about two weeks worth of separate bags and I want to find a laundromat somewhere along the Oregon coast, as we plan to spend a little more time there. I took a couple of pix with the "good" camera and post them here. It is really a beautiful area and we have thoroughly enjoyed this leg of the journey. Tomorrow we make it to Portland!!! YAY