Fish ladder at Booneville dam
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Seattle to Cascade Locks
I did some clean up and put things away this morning and then headed to Sonic for breakfast. I like hitting the restaurants that Alaska doesn't have that we see advertised on TV.
I headed to the LeMay/American car museum after breakfast. Very cool museum. I have a lot of pictures to post as soon as I find a better internet connection! What can you say bad a =bout a car museum with a Ferrari SECTION! Lots of cars, mostly older ones, 20's-40's some from the 1900's and some muscle cars. There is a nascar section and some motorcycles too. Would be a perfect museum except for one huge omission. No Early Bronco!
More pictures to follow. Tomorrow I go to Multnomah Falls and into Portland to see their science and industry museum.
Back in Seattle
Made it in to Seattle last night. Got my misplaced baggage after a hour and a half. 2000 air mile guarantee if you don't have your in 20 minutes. So not a total loss. Set up at the campground and in bed around 1 am. Trying to get re-acclimated to sleeping at night (just came off night shift). I'm off to Americas Car Museum this morning and then heading toward Portland. I should have pictures for you tonight.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
SPOT tracker page
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You can also follow my trip on my SPOT tracker page. I will periodically add my location to it so you can follow where I am and where I have traveled.
A few more days and I'll be on the road again with more updates and pictures. I'll be in Seattle late on July 10th and head out in the morning.
Thank you for your comments and for following my journey.
Don
You can also follow my trip on my SPOT tracker page. I will periodically add my location to it so you can follow where I am and where I have traveled.
A few more days and I'll be on the road again with more updates and pictures. I'll be in Seattle late on July 10th and head out in the morning.
Thank you for your comments and for following my journey.
Don
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Next itinerary
Day 1 (7/11 Thurs)
Seattle to Tacoma 34 miles .75
hours
LeMay /
Americas Car Museum (1 day)
Day 2 (7/12)
Tacoma to Portland . 142 miles 2.25 hours
Oregon Museum
of Science/USS Blueback attack sub
Portland to Multnomah Falls Lodge/Columbia River Gorge 30 miles. 35
minutes.
Day 3 (7/13)
Multnomah Falls to McMinnville 67
miles 1.5 hours
Evergreen Museum
Day 4 (7/14)
McMinnville to Tillamook 67 miles 1.5 hours
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook to Newport 68 miles 1.5 hours
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook to Newport 68 miles 1.5 hours
Ripley’s Believe it or
Not Museum
Day 5 (7/15)
Newport to Crater Lake 222 miles 4
hours
Crate Lake to Lava River Caves Park in
Bend OR 80 miles 1.5 hours
Day
6 (7/16)
Lava River Cave to Garden Valley 352 miles 6.75 hours
Day
7 (7/17)
Garden Valley: White water rafting: “The
Canyon” www.idahowhitewaterunltd.com
Day
8 (7/18)
Garden Valley to Arco 234 miles 4.5
hours
Nuclear
power plant tour (EBR-1)
Day
9 (7/19)
Arco to Wallace 403 miles, 7 hours
Oasis
Museum
Day
10 (7/20)
Wallace to Glacier National Park / St
Mary, MT 245 miles 5 hours
Day
11 (7/21)
St. Mary to Dillon MT 385 miles 6 hours
Bannack
Ghost Town
Day
12 (7/22 Monday)
Dillon to Lewis and Clark Caverns. 70 miles 1.25 hours
Day
13 (7/23 Tues.)
L&C caverns to Billings, MT 190
miles 3 hours
Go
to work.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Boeings manufacturing facility tour
I toured the lines where they build the 747, 777, and assemble the 787. The 787 gets shipped here in parts in the modified 747 Dream lifter then assembled in 3 days. The 777's are built on a moving assembly line that moves at 2 inches a minute. No pictures were allowed in the assembly building.
The building is the largest building on earth by volume. Approximately 1/3 of a mile by 3/4 mile. Each of the 5 doors is 100 yards long. Pretty impressive building and airplanes.
The Dream Lifter for moving 787 parts around the country. It is a modified 747. It can carry either the fuselage or the wings and tail.
777 doing taxi and brake tests followed by flight tests.
777 engine. It is bigger diameter the a 737 fuselage and has more horse power then all the engines in the Titanic did.
Carbon fiber cut away of the 787
Planes lined up for delivery
The building is the largest building on earth by volume. Approximately 1/3 of a mile by 3/4 mile. Each of the 5 doors is 100 yards long. Pretty impressive building and airplanes.
The Dream Lifter for moving 787 parts around the country. It is a modified 747. It can carry either the fuselage or the wings and tail.
777 doing taxi and brake tests followed by flight tests.
Planes lined up for delivery
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