8915 N. Van Houten Ave.

April 29

After getting organized, doing a couple of errands and having breakfast, we were on the road to Kirsten and Matt's new house in Portland at 10:15. Straight up I 5 north, 275 miles. No sightseeing today!  However, the scenery along this portion of I 5 north was as lovely as many of the scenic byways we traversed!  We drove through lush, green, rolling hills. 

We stopped about noon in Sutherland for a fast food lunch. The temp was 53 degrees with scattered showers. One of our few days with clouds and rain!  We made a stop in Albany to get the car cleaned up! After 3 weeks with the top down, the interior was gross!  We found a place that did a full serve car wash, inside and out, for $18! We wish there were a place like that near Harwich!  It is one of the best car wash places Peter's ever seen!  Congrats to Connie for finding it online!

On our way to Matt's shop, we encountered more clouds, some showers and pouring rain!  At 4:00 we arrived at Tonkin Gran Turismo and got the grand tour from Matt of the new facility. Very impressive! Peter was like "a kid in a candy store" with all of  the new and used Ferraris and Maseratis. We left shortly before 5 and soon.....downpour!!!! And ugly traffic!!  We finally arrived at 8915 N Van Houten Ave. just after 6 and just before Matt!!!  We got the grand tour from both of the new owners......and Daisy!!!

Impressive!!   

We had to get our Mustang back to the rental company so we drove to the airport in two cars, left the convertible and went to Handsome Pizza for dinner. Great pizza!! They have one named after the renowned Brooklyn pizza chef, The Di Dara pizza!!!  The chef and Peter had a long chat!  Back at home by 9:30 (past our bedtime!!) and chatted until 11.