No LBCs…but apparently I caught Dr Who getting driving lessons…

Not much to add to the last two days of this road trip: up early on Monday heading up the Oregon coast via US 101, across the Columbia to Raymond/South Bend and then inland to Olympia, a left turn onto I-5 and my last night’s stay at a motel in Beautiful Downtown Federal Way.

I will say this: US 101 from Marin County north to the Olympic Peninsula is justifiably known as one of the most scenic drives on the planet; it’s also one of the most entertaining, with lots of twists and turns.  Once you hit Eureka in northern California, you’re pretty much right on the Pacific Ocean the rest of the way, so you get both the incredible scenery and the great driving, er, experience.

Some portions give you an opportunity to do a few miles on the original US 101 alignment. For example, Mon AM, after joining one of my daughters and her two kids at the schoolbus stop, I jumped on a roughly 10-mile section of the original highway, running from Otis (OR 18, east of Lincoln City; turn north at the Otis Cafe) to the north side of Cascade Head up by Neskowin.  OUTSTANDING!  Even early in the morning in semi-dense fog…this is most definitely sports car country.

Ah, but all good things come to an end.  Once back in Puget Sound I paid a visit to Tahoma National Cemetery and then checked in for a quiet night of working on a newsletter.  The next morning, back to SeaTac for the flight home, via Chicago-Midway (KMDW)…and wouldn’t you know it, game four of the National League Divisional Series, and the plane was half full with Cubs fans. ARRRGHHH…..