TRIP DELAYED!!!

DATE:  Tuesday, September 6, 2011

HOME:  Lyons Inn, Portland Oregon (actually Vancouver, WA)

DISTANCE: Drove 672 miles

NARRATIVE: 

The advantage of our early start was quickly erased when we got a flat tire just outside of Winters.  We found no jack, so called AAA and Hertz.  The guy who came could not get the lugs off even with the compressor on the truck, so we had to tow the car to a gas station.  We didn’t want to drive with a bad spare, and the new tire was indicating we needed air.  So we went to Sacramento to change cars.  Three hours later we were on our way again. 

Lucky us that Oregon still has attendants at gas station because one heard a noise from our car as we drove in, said it was a “low oil” noise, and sure enough, the oil was so low it didn’t even make it to the dip stick.  Two quarts later we were good to go. 

Turns out we stayed at the same Lyons Inn on our Lewis and Clark Trail trip.  Brought back some memories – we were almost at the end of the trip rather than the start.