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Day 2
Day 2 started out cloudy and cool but I was O.K. in my lucky number 13 jacket. We were heading down to Tilamook for our first stop of the day so folks could load up on snacks and souvenir cheese for the folks back home.
About ten mile south of seaside my lucky number 13 jacket turned around and bit me in the butt. Ran into some rather wet weather that stayed with us until Tilamook, about 30 miles.


When we stopped Skip decided to put on his new Factory Five Deluxe top. Looked kind of like an erector set to start with.


We made a fine bunch of spectators offering all sorts of “helpful” suggestions as he proceeded and a couple of folks even pitched in to get it up.




Bruce seemed to be enjoying Skips work.


Once it was on the top looked pretty good and helped down the road.


As we traveled further south towards Newport and on to Florence the precip made another couple of appearances but traffic was light enough that we were able to keep going and most of it just blew over the top of the windshield. It did however cut down on being able to see the scenery as we traveled down the coast.










We stopped in Newport for lunch to another mini car show and several offers from folks to by the cars. When the owner of the Newport Café where we stopped for lunch offered to buy one of the cars I think it was Fred who came up with the best answer I’ve heard in a long time. He said the owner could buy the car but had to buy the “whole set”.



















We arrived at the Three Rivers Casino where the front desk remembered us from last year. I think that was a good thing. At least no one got stuck with a room in the basement next to the ice machine.
The rain did take a small toll on the cameras in that the video caught a cold and quit working after Tillamook and the still started acting up the next day. Got the video camera dried out with the room’s hair dryer so all wasn’t lost.
Here’s what I managed to salvage from the run from Seaside to Tillamook.
NW Coastal Cruise 2012 Day 2 - YouTube