On the road again--April 2012

Time to share a bit of our latest road trip. The overall draw on this trip was to get to Santa Clara to celebrate Guy's 40th birthday. We decided to drive, so then set about making the drive into something fun. We began last Wednesday, April 11, by going to McMinnville Oregon, a charming small town roughly due west of Salem, located in the middle of prime Oregon wine country. The town has restored its old main tree-lined street, and boasts several good restaurants, thanks to the wine industry. We stayed in a refurbished older hotel that is located right on the main street--Hotel Oregon. Fairly charming, with lots of paintings done directly on the walls that tell the history of the hotel, along with the people who worked and lived there. We enjoyed a couple of great dinners while there too. So I'll start this trip blog with a picture of the hotel, along with one of the painted door of the elevator, which disguised it so well I almost didn't find it.

whoops. Minor technical glitch on the pictures while I try to remember how to get pictures that are on my iPad posted to the blog. I'll post the text and work on th pictures.