Had a great show in Longview, Washington this afternoon. Beautiful theater. Longview began as a planned logging town about 60 miles from Mount St. Helen. We couldn't see the volcano - it's the rainy season and the clouds are low and far and wide - but it's out there. Odd to be near a volcano. Doesn't seem to be a common American experience - at least not from my life. But it's very real to those living here.
Tomorrow we have an early morning show and then backtrack shortly south for a Portland lunch and then off to Couer d'Alene, Idaho to spend the night. It will be a long day of travel, but the views are supposed to be wonderful up the Columbia River Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River).
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Roseburg,+Or&daddr=Longview,+WA+to:portland,+or+to:coeur+d'Alene,+ID&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=44.67743,-123.007115&sspn=4.702944,9.975586&ie=UTF8&ll=45.467836,-117.081299&spn=9.278157,19.951172&z=6
And here are a few shots from Roseburg, Oregon that I took from my cell from two days ago. Rick, Robin, and I took a short walk in the early afternoon. Along the way we ran across a Mercedes for sale. Tempting... :)
And the South Umpqua River in the other...
All these places I've never been. Only little bites of them. Just enough to want more.
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