Chef lives up to his name

After calling Brian Chef for at least 6 years, I finally got to experience his culinary prowess. Chef works in a restaurant outside Portland called the Joel Palmer House which specializes in locally harvested mushooms and truffles. The weather in Oregon is very conducive to their growth and these guys can really find them. Jeremiah and I both took the Mushroom Madness Challenge, a 5 course palate explosion including sugar-cap icecream made from real ’shrooms.

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More route info

I ran an update on my GPS and am now able to log more of my trip (there was an error that the update fixed).

Here are links to my two most recent GPS downloads.
Route part 1
Route part 2

3 Storey Hotel Room

The first day Jeremiah and I rode together we started in San Francisco and went up the coast on the PCH / CA 1. We stopped before dark in Mendocino looking for a place to crash. We decided to try the inn behind where we parked to get a feel for the room rates in the area. When I did my usual ask for discounts, I threw in the “cute guy discount” after student and AAA. The receptionist smiled and said, I can do that. She gave us “the Water tower” a three storey room with an ocean view from the top level. The first and third floors each had a queen bed with the softest sheets I’ve ever slept on (with an uncountable thread count I imagine). Sandwiched between the two was a luxurious bathroom complete with big bathtub and private sauna. In the floor on the ground level was large cicle of glass covering an old well. Not too bad for $70 each.

Another round of photos

Jonah (Jeramiah’s girlfriend’s housemate) was kind enough to let me use his Mac to upload some more pictures, so here’s another round.

Photo Collection for Northern California and Oregon