Post 2: Day 2 & 3

I'm sitting in a motel room in Cottage Grove recalling day 2 & 3 of our trip. On Friday when we gassed up in Eureka the starter made a rattling sound and some of you will know exactly what was about to happen if I didn't take care of it soon. After spending a relaxing night at the Patrick Creek Inn, I removed the starter and discovered the bendix bolts had loosened and were about to end up at the bottom of the flywheel housing. I tightened the bolts and bent the tabs tighter after discovering I had an early starter with the 5/16" bolts and no replacements in the multitude of parts I carry.

With everything back together and after a good breakfast we headed to Cave Junction and the Oregon Caves. While waiting for our tour to start we were talking to some people and one of them noticed my Sonoma A's hat. It seams that the world is truly a small place because the guy was a former club member and friend of the Gayners and Swarts; Don Lewis. He was a part of the Corvette club visiting Southern Oregon. The caves were interesting and cool, and I remembered crawling around in them on a trip to Corvalis with the club in the mid 90's. We had lunch at the soda fountain in the lodge and got some literature on lodging for a future trip.

We headed east to Grants Pass for Saturday night but couldn't get a room at the Riverside (full of Corvette folks) or anywhere else nice, so we roughed it downtown at the no tell motel. We felt better when the bikers checked in, and really good when they fired up a dozen Harleys at 7am. Some roudies had checked in at 1am, making a lot of noise so it was payback time.

Our third day was cool all the way to Cottage Grove. We took side roads and zig-zagged across I-5 trying to stay on old 99. There were a few short stretches on the Interstate, but it was a nice ride on a beautiful Sunday morning.

The Northwest Regional Meet will last through Thursday and I'll bring you up to date before we leave.

Steve & Judy

Day 2 Lodge at Oregon Caves & Cave

Day 3 photo in Oakland