{"id":9925,"date":"2017-07-22T19:37:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=9925"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:46:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:46:15","slug":"pulling-into-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=9925","title":{"rendered":"Pulling into Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

I set off nice and early for Portland – before noon, at least. It was a 280 mile trip. I was making good time and had about twenty miles left to go when I hit traffic.<\/p>\n

That’s not all bad. When you are stuck in traffic you have time to look around and even take pictures.<\/p>\n

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For instance, this overpass caught my interest. What in the world is going on here? Of course, I had no one to ask, so I still don’t know. But, I did have\u00a0time to look and ponder.<\/p>\n

I was fine with just inching along with the flow. I had a reservation at a campground. I had called the campground before I left Medford just to make sure.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

That is, I was fine with the traffic and the glacial speed until I heard the “low fuel” bell sound. I looked down and noticed that the gas distance to empty was getting smaller and smaller. Since I wasn’t really moving, I had time to check the mapping program and find a gas station. I got off the interstate and wended my way to a gas station in a residential neighborhood.<\/p>\n

You should have seen the people looking at me in amazement! I guess it’s not every day that you see a full-size Airstream pulled by the world’s longest pickup inching by your house.<\/p>\n

I got gassed up and back on the road. Fun fact<\/strong>: There are no self-serve gas stations in Oregon. It was quite a treat to remain seated in the cab of the truck and have the gas pumped for me.<\/p>\n

I got to Jantzen Beach RV Park <\/a>before dark. My site information was waiting for me outside the office. Even though I had been on the road for a good six or seven hours, my\u00a0site was easy enough to back into<\/p>\n

I unhooked Flo from Bart. While I was hooking up the water and electric, it started to drizzle. I got indoors and started getting some dinner together.<\/p>\n

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And then the rain started in earnest.<\/p>\n

This is the Pacific Northwest, after all.<\/p>\n

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