Vancouver Island - Day 13

We left Crescent City and the ocean behind today and drove a very twisty road to Grants Pass, where we met up with a regular American Interstate highway.  The kids started watching Return of the Jedi as we drove through the redwoods, but after an hour of twists and turns, Bradley was huddled up on his seat and not watching the movie.  However, everyone survived the trip.

At Grants Pass, we stopped in at a local glass blowing shop, where we were able to see some glass blowing done.  However, they stopped for lunch right as the kids were getting interested.  It was then time for lunch at a California institution, In N Out Burger.  The restaurant was right at the entrance to I-5 and was quite busy, but we got our food quickly and were soon on our way.

The interstate was somewhat busy and by 4:00pm we were in Portland, which is a disaster of traffic.  I forgot to check the best route and made the quick decision to take I-205 around the city, which was the correct choice, as our hotel was on the east end of Portland.   We were still in stopped traffic for almost an hour and the exit to I-84 is really not signed well when you are stuck in three lanes of stopped traffic.  We managed to make it to the hotel, though, and then go out for supper.  After supper, Bradley played in the pool for an hour and then we called it a night.