Frying Pan, Part Trois

 It was a short travel day today, only 90 miles to Salem, Oregon, but it required more than 4 hours to travel. Just five miles west of Cascade Locks, we saw scattered debris of a small rv along the road. We had heard that Interstate 84 was closed for several hours Sunday afternoon, so this must have been the site of the accident. Unfortunately, we weren’t quick enough with the camera to get a pic. 

As we approached Interstate 205, east of Portland, we got caught in a huge traffic jam.

The photo doesn’t look like much because we, along with half the rest of Oregon, were concentrating on the center lane.  The highway split into north and south branches, and no one knew which lane to take. As it turned out, we could have saved a bunch of time hopping into the open left lane. Oh, well.

Turning south on I 205 gave us a glimpse of stopped northbound traffic.

A quick stop for fuel, and we slid into Hee Hee Ilahee RV Resort, site 46. We’ve stayed here several times in the past when the park was new. Now the trees are near mature, the concrete sites are beginning to deteriorate, and the price has doubled. It’s still nice, but is showing a need for some maintenance.

When we arrived, the temperature was 117 degrees, F. Another new record. Thats three record setting days in a row! Fortunately for everyone in the northwest, a cold front blew in in the early evening and as I write this at 9:00 pm, the temp is 79 degrees! Wow!

 Lets hope for a cool one tomorrow!