Back to the hotel to pack up and hit the road; it was around 10 when we left.  Out on Highway 199 through the Smith River Wilderness.  A lot of traffic since it is Memorial Day Monday.  We decided to stop at Kirbyville in Oregon.  There was a small museum, at first, I was skeptical when Jerry suggested we stop but we needed to stretch our legs. From the outside, I figured we would spend 20-30 minutes tops. We ended up being there at last 90 minutes. The museum is packed with artifacts illustrating the history of the area and really just the everyday items from the past. Very interesting (who knew that the View Master was invented nearby?!) and such an assortment of items. There was a mineral collection, a whole room with telephone related items (switchboards, etc.), a room with military items (including a new exhibit on Women in War), a recreated dry goods store counter and countless other items. Outside the museum is a barn with a covered wagon from the Applegate Trail days (I think I remember this correctly) and an old coach as well as blacksmithing and cobbler tools. Then there is a small one-room schoolhouse. Lastly is a house from the turn of the past century that you can walk through and see the various rooms and furnishings (including a wide collection of historic washing machines and vacuum cleaners. The docent on site was very friendly and helpful but not overbearing (we were the only visitors).Definitely worth a stop and very inexpensive ($4 for seniors). 

We were going to stop at a restaurant in Grants Pass suggested by the museum docent. When we got to town, the traffic was awful and there were crowds everywhere.  There was the annual boar race going on and some festival.  Lots of unmasked people and two redneck guys with a big Trump/Pence Keep America Great flag and a Fuck Biden flag.  Ug.  Turned out the restaurant we were going to had an hour wait, so we went further up the road and ended up a place called Elmer’s which looked like a chain breakfast place from the outside.  It was actually decent and we had a strawberry/bacon/bleu cheese salad and I had a nice white wine. 

Back on the road and winding through very rural Josephine and Klamath counties.  Eventually we were looking for a pit stop and pulled into a gas station that had a big handwritten sign saying “No public restrooms, we don’t take outside trash”.  Classy...they also had 2 big Jefferson State signs in their parking lot (Jefferson state is a proposed separatist state composed of rural counties of OR and CA). 

Eventually we arrived in Klamath Falls at the Shilo Inn.  Very decent room with little kitchenette (sink anyway).  Nice to be able to spread out.  We got some Chinese food take away from Jade Garden.  When we pulled into the parking lot, I didn’t realize there were two entrances.  The one I went into was the “lounge” which was a real dive bar.  Anyway, the food was good, some pot stickers, egg rolls and walnut prawns (washed down by some Fogline pale ale from Sea Quake Brewery in Crescent City)