Chilling in Astoria
Oregon at The Columbia Inn on our way down to wine country.
A good start at 6am
and 5 hour drive W=we finally got out of Dodge
and the fatigue of
the last 2 days is finally settling in, no little white pills today. As always
a whirlwind before our departure. Great
crab and razor clam lunch at Northwest wild foods a fish shack right on the docks.
Our motel a little disappointing for 80 bucks we've been in much worse. No party dudes or tailgate parties yet but the
afternoon is young,
Kind of a Yakima
feeling to this place.
7/23/2015 8:52 AM
Great
supper at the Silver Salmon Grille last night
2 doz oysters
ordered instead of 1 dozen . Oops 48 dollar appy. But thoroughly enjoyed
With an interesting
minuet . Superb entree of seared red ahi and tasty vegetables
Great chardonnay and
pinot. Holidays definitely on. It’s a good thing work is still ticking at home
to fund this trip bacchanalia. Cigars and gin in the parking lot with sunset.
Sharknado movie
marathon backdop in room HELL YES .
great breky at 14 coffee house and no off to
smoke house and maritime museum before a drive to McMinville and lunch. Hang
time where are you?
7/24/2015 7:34 AM
Morning in
Mcminnville Another friggin theatre
shooting on our holidays this time in Louisiana. Raining in Surrey no cuts today. Jeff closed another
whopper. Its nice drinking pinot while making money.
Yesterday was
fantastic. breky at the Commodore and
then the MARITIME MUSEUM before a beautiful coastal drive and windy drive
through the forest to McMineville, We made lunch at La Rambas by 3 minutes. A
cold pitcher of delicious sangria plus pork ampanadas and clams with deep fried
beans yum yum. Check in at the motel 6 and its
Holiday on. Some
welcome hang time ahead before the big meal at the french bistro.
Another excellent
meal on the Oregon trail. Crescent café served up a sumptous
Breky of egg
scramble homemade sousage, fresh cinnamon roll and tasty orange juice
Oh and a marionberry
jam so go on the buttermik potatoe toast.More buiness stuff with Jeff and some
relax time in room before poolside
7/25/2015 9:48 AM
Getting
ready for winery run and picnic.Last night our first disappointing meal at
French Bistro we had looked forward to wowing us.
Picky we are (
appetizer too big wa wa ) duck
overcooked ( well we should have know 6 hours of braising wouldn’t give us the
rare medium rare bird we are used too. Too many
Serving staff
cruising our table and checking "how is everything so far " Great
ambiance
In the outdoor patio
an ok meal. Then red tequila and hyde park macunados to end our day.Looking
forward to some great pinots today.
7/26/2015 7:15 AM
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| Howard Hughes " Spruce Goose " |
Has a constant outflow of smoke from the roof from the grilling of departed cows. Woe to the vegetarian that check into this place.
7/27/2015 8:14 AM
Passport to pinot
noir was a well organized quality event.
The food did not disappoint
And we tried some
very tasty wines. We were in the first wave of entrants and managed to procure
a table which would be our home
base for breaks and staging food.A perfect temperature and overcast instead
of hot sun and heat. A surprise revisit
from Love bomb a go go the funky Burning man meets marching band troupe that entertained us lastt ime we
were here 3 years a go did a parade march through the show area and an
abbreviated show with a diminished number of participants at the break. A
second flight of wineries
Set up for the
second pouring at 330 and we reset our taste buds with some bubbly before jumping back in.
Silver clad members of Lovebomb gogo strolled back into the event this time with pinot noir glasses instead of musical instruments. Some of the cast I recognized from 2 years ago sporting new tataoos and older bodies. A lot of fresh new faces. The wine attendees loved the gaudiness of the troupe with its youthful energy And unadbashed sexual overtures The drummer looked like a bearded drag queen
Silver clad members of Lovebomb gogo strolled back into the event this time with pinot noir glasses instead of musical instruments. Some of the cast I recognized from 2 years ago sporting new tataoos and older bodies. A lot of fresh new faces. The wine attendees loved the gaudiness of the troupe with its youthful energy And unadbashed sexual overtures The drummer looked like a bearded drag queen
With his skin tight
silver pants showing off his tight buns and
his big gun in the front.
Finally it was time
to leave and a volunteer called us one of the few local taxis to return us back
to our motel, Rick and Rickshaw taxi had to take a Canadian $ 10 he didn’t
accept
Credit cards and we
had no American cash.The red tequila and Macanudo cigars capped a full
afternoon. Blow outs from adjacent rooms and latenight bed creaking and moaning made the chances of getting a good sleep 0. A welcome slack day before a long
drive home tomorrow. Today lunch a Prima Vida our last big splurge of the trip.
7/28/2015 5:13 AM
Waking up
for the drive back. We grabbed a day from our holidays
To get home sooner
and regroup before ou next trip. Our last day in Mcminnville we chilled at our
poolside and went to Newburg for lunch instead of our planned spot in town A free wine tasting
at Chelbrum tasting room capped off our pinot noir trip. Cuda well organized as
always she was mostly packed yesterday; A light picnic supper before a final
shot of red tequila and early bedtime.Were getting ready to beat the rush hour
through Portland and Iam actually
looking forward to getting back to work, even though It didn’t really stop
while I was down here. Lots of Jeff calls and John Hitchcock dealings. I feel
like
I had a good break
an I;am ready to hit the reset button for Timberland.
The $ burn This puppy is a burnin the US credit card
Pretrip We have to take off 400 which we
would have burnt at home
240 tickets to
festival
60 medical insurance
100 steve management
fee
Day 1
65 gas to Astoria
80 motel
50 northwest foods
170 duty free
22 lunch
20 groc
135 supper
Day 2
12 BREAKFAST
40 gas to
mcminneville
24 maratime museum
40 josepsons
485 MOTEL 6
DAY 3
25 BREKEY
40 GROC
78 reading glasses
and book
50 tequila and
cutters
142 restaurant
DAY 4
65 wine tasting
30 wine tasting
Day 5
35 air museum
10 taxi
Day 6
35 res lnch
30 groc
80 booze
10 taxi
10 res
$2150 minus 65 hotel
rebate minus 360 I would have spent at home
Net $ 1800
Things I forgot / FUTURE TRIP
TIPS
Us cash bring
basic plates cutlery plates etc
To clean car for casual
eating off the expensive grid
TElus web LIBRARY
TO SOAK UP LOCAL LORE
Good sound
system WALKS AND
EXERCISE
Picnic items- ALWAYS
BRING Think about a better hotel
room
Knife
kitchenette for more than 3 nights
Casual reading a little more
research into things
LITTLE
FLASHLIGHT some free
skype for calling back
Someone to run things while Iam gone
yeah Right
Value
Being away
greeeeeat too bad I'am still
tethered to work
Great gas mileage and kickass performance I love my white lightening GTI
Great ride in new car
great decision to flip truck
Crap motel could have researched a little more Good
mattress
Greedy shark got too many cigars Free cigars anyone
Strolling main st. and browsing the stores
Don’t cheap out when on a trip like this We earned this blowout damnit
Cuda and me love planning itineries GREAT TEAM WORK
Tasting fees exorbitant at Oregon wineries limit
tasting to exceptional winereies Ie more research. Pinot wine is sky high. Get
rich or learn to love
Chilean merlot.The Maritime and aviation museums were
topnotch venues
Free premium spritzers at the wine show Bring a bag
with you
Again grab free shit when ever you can beverages
condiments free is good
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