We start our journey home....

Tuesday October 2 AA  We are up before 7am this morning....Truck packed and having breakfast at 7:30.....On the road by 8am....Take us about half an hour to get though the rush hour traffic....A nice local shows us to the 508......Its hot again this morning but we will be going to cooler temperatures soon....Rick starts out driving then earl takes the wheel after we gas up...... We stop in a rest area for a quick stretch then off we go again......We have lunch in a McDonalds in Weed California ......The McDonalds looks good a fireplace and comfy couch and i great play area its inside but the slide goes outside into a big area cool....All the t-shirts in the store say Enjoy Weed lol   Lunch is good but getting an ice cream cone after proves to be a chore...the young man runs out of ice cream and has to open a new one but he cant get the plastic open...he gets it mopen and cant seem to make the cones so on the fourth one he gets it, some customers seem to be short drinks so the manager starts yelling at the crew lol Well its back to the truck we are half way to Portland which is our destination tonight.... Cheryl isnt feeling any better today and we sleep on and off most of the morning pretty boring ride and its the way the way home now....Couple of more rest stops and Rick drives another four hours then its earls turn......Its getting to be 6 o clock so we decide to stop in Salem Oregon about 50 miles short of the original destination..... We find a Residence Inn Marriot its a nice place we are sharing a two bedroom suite, with livingroom, eating area and kitchen....Its happy hour when we arrive and they have free beer and wine till 7:30...they have soups and salad for dinner too.... The pool is open 24/7 with hot tub......We load our goods upstairs to the room and decide to go to Applebees for dinner.....We have a nice dinner and stop at the local pharmacy for some cold medicines and head back to our hotel...Night caps and beddy byes......till tomorrow.....

Oakland here we come

Monday October1st AA This morning we are up early as  want to get on the road, big day of driving...We meet up just before 8 and have some breakfast...Great breakfast here to, all outside on the second floor, it was funny to see them have heaters up...It is hot already going to be a cooker....We are on the road just after 8 heading to oakland california on the last leg of our journey and our last ball game.......We gas about an hour after LA this truck has been amazing on gas the last time we fueled up was last tuesday in longbeach......Earl started out driving today but changed over went we fueled up.......Cheryl isnt feeling well today she is all stuffed up ......We girls nap away the morning as the boys drive through the desert.....We decide to stop at Jack in the Box for lunch it was good.....bought some water in the ajoining store as the temperature is rising....It is 30 now.....We continue to drive we made really good time we arrived at the La Quinta just after 2.....It was 39 just before we arrived..Too damned hot....Rick decides to have a wee snooze while Earl. Cheryl and I check our email and just relax....We find out there is a shuttle to the Bart where we can cross the bridge to the ball park....We get there just before six and walk around the stadium we check out the merchandise stores ......Earl is checking out where the cheapest beer is lol...Our seats are incredible right behind home plate 4 rows back....we are grinning......this is a big game for the A's they are fighting for their spot in the play offs....the fans are all rialed up.....There is a guy sitting in the front row with a giant sports ring on this finger cant see if its a super bowl ring or a world series one, but preety sure he is somebody...... A couple from Texas sits right behind Rick and Cheryl the man is obnoxious to say the least, he is loud and screaming all game....Then an over six foot guy sits right in front of Cheryl...The game is close .....the fans are crazy what a great game to be at.....The big guy infront of Cheryl gets booted cause it isnt even his seat.....The A's win and clinch there spot in the playoffs....Everyone is screaming and clapping and yelling the players are all jumping ontop of each other ...what agreat game...we have to make our way back to the bart and call the hotel for our shuttle......oh no I have lost the card, lets walk over the bridge and I will check out the phone book...its not there ok lets call 411 they give me the wrong number and it costs me money...Now we have to walk back to the stadium through the yelling and screaming crowds going against them....We make it though and to the parking lot wow they are partying there beers, fires, dancing ,music, holy shit id hate to be here if they won the world series....Back at the hotel now going off to bed its an early early day tomorrow and a 11 hour drive...Bye bye Bay area ...till next time.....