Oregon To Minnesota – Leaving Portland

Oregon To Minnesota Today we're starting our trek from Portland, Oregon to Lakeville, Minnesota with a load of paper products. We picked this load up across the Columbia River in Camas, Washington yesterday and parked at Schneider's Portland yard on the Oregon side of the river. Minnesota Bound This load is bound for Lakeville, Minnesota and it will take us about three and a half days to make the drive through Oregon, … [Read more...]

A Desolate Oregon Drive

Ontario, OR to Hawthorne, NV(click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) Desolate Oregon We’ll be spending the day driving through some of the most desolate parts of the western U.S. along US Highway 95 in southwest Idaho, southeast Oregon and northern Nevada. No Cell Phone Coverage Here I enjoy driving along this route, but I wouldn’t want to break down out here; there are a few areas that still don’t have … [Read more...]

Fertilizer Load Out of Post Falls, Idaho

Post Falls, ID to Ontario, OR(click on image for a larger version in a new Tab or Window) A Fertilizer Load After a day off in Spokane, Washington, we're picking up a fertilizer load from Post Falls; just across the state line in Idaho, near Coeur d'Alene. This load of fertilizer is bound for Redlands in southern California. Post Falls, Idaho to Ontario, Oregon Once we get our load, we'll retrace most of our route back … [Read more...]