I continued my road trip from San Francisco through Oregon. I carried on driving up the coast and was surprised to come across huge sand dunes.

And some quite impressive sand buggies.

I turned inland to take the alternative scenic route to Eugene through farming country.

I stayed overnight in Eugene, the second largest city in the state. It is a University City with a hippie background. One of its claims to fame is that the City and surrounding area were the location for the 1978 film National Lampoon’s Animal House.

The following day, I set off early and drove for a while before stopping off for breakfast at a small roadside café.

It was owned and run by a local lady that wasn’t afraid to take the law into her own hands.

I followed the McKenzie river out to the Mount Washington wilderness area.

On the journey I came across snow, fire and some very long straight roads.

The McKenzie river is very full with all the melted snow.

I drove around a lovely lake that was created by the Detroit Dam.

After a day in the mountains, I headed to Portland to meet up with Richard and Katie Topping who I used to work with at Text 100.