Tomorow we depart North Central Arkansas for our annual Western trip.We go via OKC, Amarillo, Las Cruces, Tucson, Phoenix,San Diego, Bakersfield, Oregon and on to Seattle.Return will be via Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota or Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and home.If you see an old 4104 in Trailways colors anywhere along this route toot the air horn.
You'll love the Oregon coast. I grew up 60 miles from the coast in Roseburg and Corvallis. Check out Coos Bay, Yachats, Reedsport, and the 20 Miracle Miles through Seaside and Lincoln City. Stop at Devils Punch Bowl at one of the little Crab 'POTS' and buy a fresh steamed Dungeness crab, Nothing finer in heaven and earth!On the way up, if your going through Astoria, I hope you really enjoy the bridge across the Columbia river into Washington.While in Seattle, Make sure to stop at Pike Place Market, 9 stories above ground, mostly, although it starts on one street and the nith floor is on a street 3 blocks away.Best fresh seafood in the world there, The Athenian, I think. That's where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan had dinner in the Movie, "Sleepless in Seattle".Can you tell I love the West coast?Wish I were there.Oh, One more place in Seattle, Make sure you stop at 'Ye Old Curiosity Shop', the kids will love it and it's free, or was.Send me some fresh Sea Air!Dallas
Oh, Yes.My dad was an inveterate woodworker and gardener. That man could take a piece of wood, that looked like scrap to me and carve, scrape, chisel, saw plane and generally make the most beautiful items. I've watched him make beautiful carvings from myrtlewood that would take the shape of birds, animals, sea creatures, trees, anything.as a cabinet maker, he was surpassed by very few, but never took it up for a living. Sorry for waxing maudlin, dad died in 2001 from parkinsons. It pissed him off that he couldn't control his movements to carve or build.That's one reason I kept photos of DML all this time. I had hopes of seeing her in person sometime, but then she burned.DallsaQuoteIf you grew up in that area you are then probably familiar with Myrtlewood, right? All the interior in DML was in that wood, and not veneer either. The only conversion I ever heard of that was finished in that wood.RichardQuote