#AWAdventure Day 1 Recap
28 Oct
The day started out with us in an Aloha Karaoke taxi on the way from the Hotel Murano back to the LeMay America’s Car Museum to line up at the starting line. The taxi driver (from Hawaii) actually sings karaoke and gives a mini tour while driving passengers to their destinations. It was awesome!
Out of the gate we went to a maze at the Monarch Sculpture Park in Tenino, Washington to look for our next clue after visiting Torii Gate and Shinto Shrine in Tacoma. We ended up down a dirt road to nowhere on the way to the maze thanks to Google navigation but it seemed that everyone was stumped for a bit by that dirt road. We saw a lot of other teams at that dirt road. Then we were off to Marsh’s Free Museum in Long Beach, Washington after visiting a shrine dedicated to Kurt Cobain in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. I still had grass on my shoes from the maze at Marsh’s. If you’re interested, Marsh’s is the home of Jake the Alligator Man and other oddities. Then we were off to Oregon. This was the absolute first time I’ve been in Oregon. We went to the Goonies House in Astoria, Oregon and then the Peter Iredale shipwreck at Fort Stevens State Park also in Astoria. My shoes were so not appropriate for the beach. The shipwreck and the almost sunset were neat though. I didn’t fall though somoeone who shall remain nameless did fall at the beach but I did not capture that on photo or video. A bunch of deer were just hanging out in the road near the state park which made driving conditions kind of precarious. It was already dark when we were on Pacific Coast Highway Route 101 headed toward Lincoln City, Oregon. I wanted to see this in daylight. Day or night we got to see a lot of quaint little towns though. And people were really nice.
We got a text to go to a resort in Newport. Aww bummer! No key for us. The good news that each day is a new day and points start anew. We will have a fresh perspective and new energy tomorrow morning. I think I know where we went wrong though. Google Navigation will give you the shortest route distance-wise and we took Pacific Coast Highway while others took I-5. (We need a map.)
Also of note is that when we have a good cell phone reception the Autonet Mobile internet connection is perfect. I was able to do FaceTime and Google+ Hangout from the moving car.
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