2025 Road Trip – Day 1
The above image of the World’s Largest Map of the Oregon Trail is from Baker City and is the first of many (I hope) Roadside America pictures from this trip. I’ll try and find one on each I’m travelling. We’ll see how that works out.
I got a 7:30 start and ended up at the hotel in Boise 5:30, but that is Mountain Time, so it was 4:30 on my internal clock. Google says I should have taken 6-1/2 hours to do it, but all my wandering and break taking made it a 9 hour trip. First off I managed to shoehorn in 4 Post Office pictures, a leisurely lunch in Le Grand of pizza slices and salad, a gas stop and literal walk in the park in Baker City. I also didn’t help that I tried to dodge Friday rush hour in Boise by taking some surface streets that really just delayed the inevitable loss of time.
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- Bridal Veil – This was the first Post Office east on I-84 and I paid the price for stopping for it, there was no east bound ramp back onto the Interstate, so I had to drive 5 miles back towards home before there was an exit that did head back east. (4/18/25)
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- Cascade Locks – This one like everyone of today’s Post Offices was on the opposite side of the road from the way I was travelling so a U-turn was required. (4/18/25)
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- Hood River – I got there just as the PO opened and there several people getting out of cars to go inside. (4/18/25)
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- Mosier – This is my favorite Post Office so far of the 209 I’ve visited. (4/18/25)
