6 AM breakfast, rolling by 6:30. Someone parked in front of me so I had to back up to swing around but no problem, lots of room.

1st stop is an hour down the road at a Love's for fuel. Not a fan of OR. OR and IN have numbers you are supposed to type in before you can fuel at the diesel islands. For some reason not an issue at the auto pumps. Could get the pump to work so I went inside so they could turn the pump on. They didn't tell me what they did but they got the pump turned on. 100+ gallons later and the fuel splashes back. At Loves we have to go in and get our receipt from a numbered tray.

It's Saturday AM, no issues with traffic but for some reason the signs say it's faster to go via downtown that take the beltway so we do. Lots of homeless camps in Portland. Saw the one under the underpass in the middle of the freeway again. They have to be walking across the freeway to get to and from that place. Saw others along the river bank, they seemed to be throwing there trash down the hill. Did see one a couple of days ago that was on the freeway side of the sound barrier that had a city garbage can. Not sure if they used it for garbage or just storage.

Hazy morning so we can see Mt Hood but can't even see the snow on it until we are closer. Not like those crisp days coming across NV. For quite a ways it is windy coming up the gorge, hang on with both hands. Some of the smaller falls had both ice and water, but the big one, Multnomah Falls, didn't seem to have any ice. I didn't get a good look at it and BB can't see through her window because of the screen.

Did see a goat or two on the rocks along the road. We aren't very far inland before we see snow ... and we got to across a scale. This time the guy was looking at his phone ... why couldn't the guy have been doing that when I had the bus???

Next stop of the day was a rest area near Mosier while we were still along the gorge.

Honked twice as we pasted the cousins.' Didn't see anyone around.

Had planned on stopping in Hermiston to eat but changed it to Pendleton to split the day a little better.

Took a half hour to eat at the McDonalds at the truckstop. Some guy looked like he was having a seizure or something when we walked by, when I came back from the restroom he was gone but his stuff was still there. We were almost done eating before he came back in within a few minutes he was acting that way again. ???

My food was good but they did BB's wrong so she took it back, it was still wrong the 2nd time but she wasn't going back a 2nd time.

Lots of snow on the passes in OR but no chain laws in effect. Roads were dry.

Stopped again for fuel in Ontario, OR just before the state line. Had to go in again to get the fuel pump started. This time the person showed me which number I should be putting in. Now that I'm leaving the state. Not sure I'll remember by next time.

Looks like I'm getting about 6 mpg which is what they are paying for. So the only savings I will get is by buying cheap fuel ... or if the mileage goes up.

We had looked last night for which place is the best to stop in Boise. We have stayed at the Comfort Suites in the past but they are down a hill and have lots of trees around there lot. Quality Inn doesn't have much parking so Best Western looked like our best bet. That was last night, today we decided we would drive past the Comfort Suites to see if I could fit. And then BB found a new Quality Inn a few miles before Boise ... then read the reviews. It just changed to a Quality Inn but before seemed to be a druggie hang out. Not some place I want to park a half million dollar bus. Then she found a new Comfort Inn and that is where we ended up. It's so new it doesn't have reviews yet.

Closest food was the Applebee's a few blocks away. Surprised there is not more food and that they weren't more busy. There is six motels with a couple of blocks of there.

Food was good. I had two bowls of soup, one French Onion and one potato. BB had chicken and fish. And we / I topped it off with a brownie.

550 miles today, closer to 600 the next couple of days.