Road trip day 17.

I mentioned a bit about the excellent weather I was having two days ago; yesterday it was cloudy almost to dusk; today, it was cloudy until about noon, and then opened up for a beautiful day. Tomorrow is Tacoma...we'll see what it looks like.
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Today was much like yesterday scenery wise...just spectacular along the 101. What has really amazed me is the amount of bicyclists. Right on the 101. And every other road too. Bike lanes. Flashing signs on bridges and tunnels. Share the road signs. And they are often. Frankly, I've seen a hundred bicycles. I wore my Texas jersey across the Golden Gate, and as a guy rode past me, asked where in Texas I was from. He was from Austin, but was on his way from Vancouver. Back to Austin. Most of them have just a few saddlebags, and are rarely walking up the hills. Being an enthusiast myself, it is really pretty neat to see. I think those are excellent mentors for those of us that think that something isn't possible. It is. Maybe not the way you are doing it, but it is doable.
It's possible.
On the way, I stopped in at an air museum. I didn't expect to spend hardly anytime at it before I arrived, but the thing was huge. During world war II, it held 8 blimps. It has over a dozen aircraft that are all air worthy (bit that doesn't mean they don't leak oil. It was awesome. And my favorite fighter of my childhood was there, the P38 Lightning. It was just a great treat. Tillahook Air Museum. Look into it.

Thursday's game was at PGE Park, downtown Portland. The ball field is depressed probably about thirty feet or so, and the left field wall is a few feet from the street above.
I've been rooting (not necessarily cheering) for the home teams on the trip. But since the AAA Astro club was in town, so I cheered for the Round Rock Express. And when the second batter of the game jacked a homer that bounced off the street on left, I went vocal. And so 4 runs in the top of the first, I just relaxed and had a good time.
One of the cool features of that stadium, which I would definitely patronize again, was the 100% manual scoreboard. The at-bat number, balls, strikes, outs, and they even had the lineups (position and player number) updated during the game. It was just a nice environment. And extra nice with the Express not only taking the Beavers 6-2, it see the series record thusfar this season at 8-0.
Enjoy the pics!