SAMOAns in Portland for Sunday

[BIGSHOT]

If anyone who's still in Portland for Day 2 of the ABFM reads this before Sunday afternoon, I recommend you retrace Friday's route on your way home. I decided to run Hwy 411 from Longview up through Vader on the west side of I-5 and encountered a stretch of coarse gravel (road under construction) north of Kelso. If that wasn't bad enough, the Vader-Winlock Road is closed two miles north of Vader. I had to cross I-5 to Toledo and pick up Friday's route to make it home.

Dan

[72 Norty]

If anyone who's still in Portland for Day 2 of the ABFM reads this before Sunday afternoon, I recommend you retrace Friday's route on your way home. I decided to run Hwy 411 from Longview up through Vader on the west side of I-5 and encountered a stretch of coarse gravel (road under construction) north of Kelso. If that wasn't bad enough, the Vader-Winlock Road is closed two miles north of Vader. I had to cross I-5 to Toledo and pick up Friday's route to make it home.

Dan

Sorry you had a tough go at it Dan, we decided to do the I 5 thing and got home in about 2 1/2 hours, boring all be it, but pretty quick.

[GreenThumb]

Well, l I just got back from Portland and I can only say that if you guys left late Sat. you were ahead of the game. It was so wet today it made Sat. look like a spring shower. Let's say we were all avoiding the very large puddles on I-5 like the plague.

Just want to say that it was a great show anyway and it was real nice meeting you guys and making new Mini friends! Oh Dan, congrats on your award as you did deserve it!!

Cheers!!

[Dixminion]

Mark Adler ( First place in class at Portland, MG TF,again ) and I also retraced the southern part of the route to Portland to get home. Hwy 30 to Longview then North on 411. A patch of gravel at the Castle rock intersection sent us West on to an unknown road. What the heck. The road dead ended after a few miles but a right turn onto a smaller road brought us back to 411 North of the gravel. We went through Vader and instead of trying the Winlock Vader road we went straight onto 506.

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This took us to Wildwood and then to the car show in Curtis, Washington. Mark got first place there too.

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Had to wait for the local commuter train.

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Then on to Chelais and I'm sorry to say I-5 home. Made it here by about 3:30. These roads came very close to some we took during last falls excellent run out of Olympia organized by James aka Olytrains. I think I see next years route to Portland!

Don

[GreenThumb]

That trip would have been determined by me staying for breakfast or not but I see you guys had a great trip back. We had a hydroplaning, boring and gray day drive back, but safe.

Does anyone know what happened to the Peter, Tim and Oly group that were following us when we turned onto I-5 north?

Peter, how did your Mini drive back after the clutch arm was sorted?

[timc]

it was just me and peter on the way back. we took a straight shot on I5. no real problems at all, other then the downpour of rain and puddles. :) Peter's car had no problems other then a minor electrical issue that can be sorted out later.

[72 Norty]

This may not be related to this weekends trip but.........Tim, our search for a purple Mini may be over.
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Or did my daughter just show me how to photobucket my Mini into a Purple car for Nora?!?!
Don't know if I'd really like one THAT Purple.
Thanks again for your help this weekend, I definitely owe you one.

[timc]

here is a link to a video that shows the blue mini racing at PIR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YSw6a0S5w