A pretty good day driving yesterday and made it to Salem. Quite a bit of squally rains which made driving difficult from time to time...we will be thrilled to get into the desert and away from the "wet coast". Over an hour at the border so that made us get itchy feet to get going. Through the mountain passes today. Hope that goes well. We decided it was better to keep on I - 5 than head out to the coast.
We had a really fun dinner last night at a place called the Roadhouse Grill. Started with peanut in the shell on the table and got in the swing and threw the shells on the floor like everyone else! Did give a certain atmosphere. Very crowded on a Sat night but we got served at the bar right away and started with a bottle of Woodbridge Merlot for $14 (would have been over $30 in a restaurant in Canada). We split a sampler appetizer and it ended up being enough for dinner so $9 for dinner was a pretty good deal. There was Texas Eggrolls (deep fried cream cheese...great), bourbon "legs" (wings), potato skins, and taco chips. Very animated and a lot of fun.
Prices always seem pretty good in the US and now with our dollar it's looking really great. Lunch was a 1/2 beef burrito at Taco Bell for 1.49.
Gas is a good deal too and we seem to be getting good mileage in our car. We figure we'll do the whole drive for under $150 CDN.
It's great to be using a US keyboard!
