Upon deciding to take the trip to Portland for some world class donuts and a few other good meals we knew that the drive would be a grueling turnaround drive but we were game and ready to tackle the drive. We headed out from Santa Barbara after a great dinner with Brandon on Thursday evening about 730 pm, knowing that we had our hands and tires full of allot of road ahead. Making the trip has been a real goal of mine since my buddy Adam said that it would be worht the drve if I did it, after a bit of research and a food network plug we finally made this happen. The drive was smooth and the music anad conversations were even better, thanks to Terra for splitting the drive load with me and helping me rest while she drove, we even stopped at 430am somewhere and slept for 3 hours concluding our drive at 4pm checking into Northern Portland and really happy with the room we chose. We plotted our diner experience to start with Voodoo Donuts which was an amazing experience i itself, we then headed out for dinner and found a nice Pizzeria near the donut house and had some of the best food we have had in awhile. We drove back to the room and stopped for some drinks and ready for a Yahtzee match later on tonight. We have the Bookstore after breakfast and some cruising around for this quick trip, shopping and whatever we think looks like fun! We plan on leaving Portland and heading back to the Nard early Sunday and expect to be back in town by 9-10 pm Sunday night, a 15 hour drive and we shall be better rested this time so that we won't require a 3 hour respite to catch some winks. So far we are enjoying this spontaneous trip and will do another trip to Salt LAke City at the end of May for the motorcycle races , we enjoyed last seasons races at the very spot and this only a 12 hour drive will be a sprint compared to this Portland junket, but tthe Pacific northwest is a great place to visit, the weather sucks but we expect that when we come here and it usually cooperates with us in that department. Anyway, we are enjoying this trip and even the long drive was a nice testament to 2 people who have so much to share and talk about, some goodness, some bad times but either way communicating and enjoying the company. Thanks Terria for enabling us to grow the way we have and to share all that we can share, Missing baby Aubrey a little and look forward to seeing her on our return Home Sunday
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