Blogging from Baker City, Oregon!

What a pleasant and frindly little town. It is in western Oregon and just about the half way point of our trip. Yesterday's travel was a perfect as one could ask for and today's travel will be prettier as we head down the Columbia River Gorge. But Baker City, this has been a really nice stop. We stayed in The Oregon Trail Motel, an old and independently operated roadside motel. Get this, $42 for the night, including $5 extra for the dog and including $2 discount at the adjoining restaurant diner and free wireless internet connectivity!

The diner and dinner wer terrific, the wi-fi connection not so much. I was actually receiving a much better signal from the motel across the street but theirs is a password-protected network. And with one friendly phone call, the kind folks at Bridge Street Inn shared their network key and let me in. I'm using their connection right now from the table outside the pool.

But there's no power plugs out here and this laptop's battery is not the best, so I can't stay long. I did successsfully replace my CD drive the night before we left and everything fit and nothing was left over when I finished! That's successful, right?

Anyway, its on to the coast and the family camping weekend in just a little while. I sure hope Noah shows up as he promised!