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Stocking up
Oct. 24th, 2015 08:05 pmStill a week before Halloween, and I just delivered my first holiday sale stock to a gallery. Valley Art Center's annual Artists Event runs November 7-22, and they needed the art before Oct. 26, so I took a day off while the bisque kiln cooled to run up to Forest Grove and back.
The trip always takes longer than I expect. If I take the interstate all the way up to Portland, the last leg consists of 30 miles of commercial strip, 40 mph speed limit, with frequent stop lights. On the other hand, if I leave the interstate at Brooks, it's 50-odd miles of rolling hills and small towns, with the likelihood that I'll be caught behind farm equipment on a long stretch of no-passing-zone. Not to mention having my GPS trying to put me on a ferryboat.
This time, I planned ahead. Looked up my route on Google Maps before I left home, so I knew to take the right turn before Wheatland Ferry Road, so I could find the only Willamette River bridge in that part of Oregon. After that it was a leisurely drive through nurseries and vineyards, getting to the center just in time to unpack the pots, grab a lunch down the street, and head back home again.
The trip always takes longer than I expect. If I take the interstate all the way up to Portland, the last leg consists of 30 miles of commercial strip, 40 mph speed limit, with frequent stop lights. On the other hand, if I leave the interstate at Brooks, it's 50-odd miles of rolling hills and small towns, with the likelihood that I'll be caught behind farm equipment on a long stretch of no-passing-zone. Not to mention having my GPS trying to put me on a ferryboat.
This time, I planned ahead. Looked up my route on Google Maps before I left home, so I knew to take the right turn before Wheatland Ferry Road, so I could find the only Willamette River bridge in that part of Oregon. After that it was a leisurely drive through nurseries and vineyards, getting to the center just in time to unpack the pots, grab a lunch down the street, and head back home again.
