Hi again, Here's the last couple of days.
Sept 17 - Corvallis, OR. Spent a nice day driving through the tree-covered mountains of NoCal and Oregon. We arrived in Corvallis in the late afternoon and spent the evening with our friend Betty and her mom, Dorothy. They fixed us an excellent dinner that included a new fruit for me, papaya-cantaloupe. It tastes a little like regular cantaloupe but has a definite tropical fruit flavor. Absolutely delicious, as was the rest of the dinner.
Sept 18 - SeaTac, WA. After breakfast out with Betty and her mom we went shopping for some items that Diana and I needed for the trip. Betty, an OSU alum, gave us a short tour of the campus and Diana and I both bought some Beaver gear. Gotta love that snarling beaver.
We left about one o'clock for SeaTac and our hotel near the airport. Our travel agent, Cruise Specialists, is putting us up here and hosting a dinner and party on the evening before we sail. I don't know how many clients they have on the cruise, but usually there are a hundred or more.
The Buick is growing on me. I prefer smaller cars, better turning radius and generally easier to park, but it's certainly comfortable and easy to drive. It handles well in corners and doesn't wonder on the highway at high speed. The suspension is not stiff but definitely sticks to the road and has no noticeable under or oversteer, even under stress. It's the first 'steer-by-wire' car I've ever driven. The steering wheel is not connected to the front tires by any mechanical device. It uses electricity and a computer to turn the wheels and yet the system manages to provide enough 'road feel' to allow the driver to sense the road surface and how the tires are gripping. Pretty impressive. Probably should have put this in italics but news reports of the Occupy idiots up here has me so irritated that if I start an italics section it might go on for pages. What a bunch of fools. With that, I'll let the subject go.
Sept 17 - Corvallis, OR. Spent a nice day driving through the tree-covered mountains of NoCal and Oregon. We arrived in Corvallis in the late afternoon and spent the evening with our friend Betty and her mom, Dorothy. They fixed us an excellent dinner that included a new fruit for me, papaya-cantaloupe. It tastes a little like regular cantaloupe but has a definite tropical fruit flavor. Absolutely delicious, as was the rest of the dinner.
Sept 18 - SeaTac, WA. After breakfast out with Betty and her mom we went shopping for some items that Diana and I needed for the trip. Betty, an OSU alum, gave us a short tour of the campus and Diana and I both bought some Beaver gear. Gotta love that snarling beaver.
We left about one o'clock for SeaTac and our hotel near the airport. Our travel agent, Cruise Specialists, is putting us up here and hosting a dinner and party on the evening before we sail. I don't know how many clients they have on the cruise, but usually there are a hundred or more.
The Buick is growing on me. I prefer smaller cars, better turning radius and generally easier to park, but it's certainly comfortable and easy to drive. It handles well in corners and doesn't wonder on the highway at high speed. The suspension is not stiff but definitely sticks to the road and has no noticeable under or oversteer, even under stress. It's the first 'steer-by-wire' car I've ever driven. The steering wheel is not connected to the front tires by any mechanical device. It uses electricity and a computer to turn the wheels and yet the system manages to provide enough 'road feel' to allow the driver to sense the road surface and how the tires are gripping. Pretty impressive. Probably should have put this in italics but news reports of the Occupy idiots up here has me so irritated that if I start an italics section it might go on for pages. What a bunch of fools. With that, I'll let the subject go.
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