Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail Tale CHAPTER NINE: REDWOODS, RELAXING AT BENBOW & RAMAZZOTTI Day Ten: Getting Loopy Alongside The Avenue Of The Giants, Picnicking Amongst The Giants, The One-Time World’s Tallest Tree, The Benbow Experience, Our Bartender Meets Robert The Bruce & Ambiance At Its Finest The […]

Post Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail TaleCHAPTER EIGHT: CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME (WITH SOME PROBLEMS) Day Nine: Bad Planning, To Tip Or Not To Tip, A Lucky Break, Missed It By That Much, I Got You Babe, Roadside Americana, SkyTrail, Dead Zone, Where Is Everybody?, Oh They’re Here, […]

Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail TaleCHAPTER SEVEN: SEEING THE LIGHT ON THE OREGON COAST Day Eight: A Devil Of A Stop, Perpetua Problem, Thor She Doesn’t Blow, Picturesque Perambulation, Haunted, Light At The End Of The Trail, Restaurant Shut Out, A&W, Bah Humbug, Dennis Weaver Time, You’re A […]

Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail Tale CHAPTER SIX: ZOOMING DOWN THE OREGON COAST Day Seven – Death-Defying, Give Me A Hug, Getting High In Oregon, A River Runs Through It, Pier Review, Simple Symon’s, The Big Cheese, Check Out Those Tentacles, Seeing The Light (Part One), “Best Clam […]

Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail TaleCHAPTER FIVE: ASTORIA/LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Day Six – Europe’s “Fattiest Pastry”, Oregon’s Oldest City, Captain’s Quarters, Saved From The Fire, A Crowning Monument, In Lewis & Clark’s Footsteps, On The Boardwalk, You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Root Beer Floats, Surprisingly […]

Post Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail Tale CHAPTER FOUR – MULTNOMAH FALLS, CANNON BEACH & THE ROCK Day Five: Terrible Tree Trimming Timing, Real Waterfall View, A Bridge Not Too Far, Couples Photographer, Life In The Fast Lane, I Hear It’s A Riot There, Clam Chowder Parade Begins, […]

Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail TaleCHAPTER THREE: TWO DAYS IN MCMINNVILLE Day Three: In The Mix, A Grave Find, Road Trips Are A Gas, Did You See A Shark, A Tuscan Affair, Missed It By That Much, Against The Grain, No … Not That “Q”, Wine Buying Begins […]

Post Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail Tale CHAPTER TWO: CRATER LAKE/JACKSONVILLE/MORE ASHLAND Day Two: Fill ‘er up!, Going Rogue, The Magic Card, Seeing Blue, Did You Bring Your Skis, Mr. Wizard, A Frosty Reception, Ice Cream Truck, Are We In Florida, To Be Or Not To Be, Picturesque […]

Post-Vaccination Vacation: Mai Tai Tom’s Oregon Trail Tale CHAPTER ONE: ASHLAND, HERE WE COME (WITH A SLIGHT DETOUR) With Willie Nelson playing in our ears, it was time to get “On the Road Again.” Since Europe still didn’t want us to visit (they must have read our nefarious foreign exploits […]