Hello from Pendleton, OR

Hello from Pendleton, OR

Friday evening ,  November 15, 2013   (Seventh travelogue of this trip).

We are in Pendleton Oregon at the Holiday Inn Express (map).  We have started our drive home.  We are trying to schedule the travel so that we can arrive in Gunnison, CO at a time that will work with our grandsons’ college schedules.  Today we left Kent and drove on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass.  At times it was snowing, but it did not stick to the road.  We had hoped to stay at a casino close to here, but they were booked full (weekend).

Last week I started my certification to teach another class at Boeing (Machine Tool Position and Accuracy).  It is the final class in a series on “laying out” multi-axes machining centers (checking/correcting all mechanical components that affect machine accuracy).  That class was held the first four days of this week on the first shift (6:00AM – 2:30PM). 

In the last post, I meant to talk about the weather on our tour of the Olympic Peninsula.  On that day, the weather was half way decent.  That was about the only day that it was not rainy and cold.  We lucked out. 

One day, the clouds cleared a bit and we could see Mt. Rainier.  After I got back to the hotel, I got Pat and we drove down towards Auburn and got the picture below.  It really is not a good picture, but it does show how majestic it is.  It has a altitude of 14,411 ft.  That is about the same altitude as Pike’s Peak, but Mt Rainier’s base is just a bit above sea level.  Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.  It is active and could produce greater devastation than Mt. St. Helens. 

That is all for now.