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Day 9 – Returning home

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Looking Northeast over Portland Our flight did not leave Portland until late afternoon so we had the morning to do a bit more sightseeing.   Our host at the AirBnB was delightful and we spent some time talking to him before we left.   He is a journalist and has fully embraced living in Portland.   He bikes to work and does a lot tramping as well as cycling around the district.   He had lived in Southeast Asia and China so was quite well travelled.   AirBnB we stayed in - the pinkish one done in the style of the area He was happy for us to leave our bags at his place while we did some more exploration.   Breakfast wasn’t part of the package but he suggested a good café down the road.   It was indeed a nice place - the food was very good and there was not too much of it.   During our cycle around the city a few days earlier, our guide had pointed out a good place to get an elevated view of the city.   A street-car took u...
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Day 8 – Aircraft, Wine, Hops, Hemp and a Comedy Club

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Our hotel in McMinnville - lots of buildings like this there This time our bikes had been secured in a basement and lo and behold they were there for us to collect.   After a ride up and down the main street we headed east.   Initially, the route was easy to follow then there was a somewhat series turns we had to make resulting in us missing a turn entirely that would have have kept us off the main highway.   So much for the GPS we had been provided with. MIG 29 outside the museum In McMinnville they have a large air museum with some rather interesting aircraft to view, some under cover and many not.   Bev was not that keen to go looking at the aircraft but indulged me.   There was a MIG 29 and a F14 Tomcat just to name a couple aircraft that were on open display.   I could see a far wider range undercover.   Sadly after fifteen minutes we needed to leave to ensure that we got to our destination, Silverton, on time at 3pm to be picked...
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