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February 10, 2020
Portland, Oregon - October 2003
In the Fall of 2003, I was bouncing around like a ping pong ball in a dryer, between Denver, Austin, and Portland. One weekend, I stayed out in Porland (instead of flying to Denver) and looked up Pete "Bubba" Raiteri, an old friend from USM, and he and I went down to Ken Kesey's Farm and painted on his bus some. I thought I'd try to reconstruct/document our little trip as best as I could, as it was the last time I ever saw Bubba. He moved to India shortly after I saw him, and passed away the next year.
So, it looks like my little road trip started after work on Friday 10/17. For whatever reason, I didn't fly back to Colorado. Instead, I drove down to see Bubba in Eugene, Oregon. I probably got there on Friday evening, and spent the night at Bubba's place. That's my best guess anyway. Because, on Saturday 10/18/2003 at 12:00 noon, I was at Bubba's place: 615 Betty Niven Drive in Eugene, Oregon.
Then, we drove around and shot some murals like the Oregon Trail mural in Springfield, Oregon.
Then, we went east to a fish hatchery at about 1:30 p.m. (McKenzie Fish Hatchery, Leaburg, Oregon 1942-Located 20 miles east of Eugene, Oregon.) Just east of the fish hatchery was a covered bridge across the McKenzie River (Goodpasture Covered Bridge, Vida, Oregon 1950). Then, on to Nimrod, Oregon. Continued to follow the river to the Goodpasture Bridge. To the Lost Valley Educational Center (a commune). To the Lowell Covered Bridge. To the Unity Bridge. To Sky Camp.
Probably spent the night at Bubba's place on 10/18. Then, on 10/19, we drove To Ken Kesey's Ranch. We got to paint on the bus. Also, we went into the woods and saw the old bus abandoned in the woods. They said that, if you have a kid, you have to provide them with paint, if you want them to be a painter. So, that's the reason I bought Jennifer lots of paint supplies when she was growing up. I wanted her to have access to the materials, anyway.
Our route was something like this, it would seem.
Posted by Rob Kiser on February 10, 2020 at 8:47 PM
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