Day16 May 29 Detroit to Portland

After the restless night with Mickey,the next day had it's ups and downs,
First off we discovered that Mickey had barfed up a big black mess next to his bed, I think he ate some garbage he found near the campsite.

We cleaned up and packed up and left Detroit. Near Salem we took a scenic drive through Silverton and Mt. Angel to Woodburn on the I 5 .Beautifull drive,lots of farms and nurseries. There were fields of this red plant, some type of clover, I think, and the white one which we have no idea what it is.

Stopped at Camping World in Wilsonville but didn't end up buying anything. Prices were high and their stock was low. Had lunch in their parking lot then headed for Portland, 1/2 hr north.

This is where things started to unwind. We knew the address of the RV park we were going to stay at but Karen couldn't get the GPS to accept it so she entered the street name only. I made the mistake of following the GPS[named Gladys,by Karen] instead of common sense and ended up off the wrong exit and driving through narrow residential streets in neighborhoods that I'm sure were not used to having middle aged white Canadian couples pulling a trailer venture into.

After asking some cops having coffee at a sidewalk cafe for directions, we were put back on track. We were only about 4 miles south of where we needed to be.

Once again, started listening to Gladys, we were nearly there when she said " take a slight right , followed by a diagonal, right , followed by a slight right then a left turn." Well, I missed one of the slight rights and the left and ended up heading back the way I had come. When Gladys announced that I should take the next available uturn, I admit I lost it and came close to throwing the entire unit out the window.
Karen remained calm but was close to tears when we eventually got turned around and found the RV park.
While I setup the trailer she made us both a Black Russian and soon all was well again.
The park is not great, no shade and it's 32 out. $5 for internet but at least it's near the city and the days driving is done. Tomorrow we will drive into Portland and visit the Saturday Market and explore a bit. Tonight we will finish the Dexter's and see if he survives.