When I read The Royal Palm Hotel, I immediately think of blue sky, palm trees, turquoise water, and a Mojito in a hammock. The good people in Chinatown in Portland, Oregon must have had something like that in mind when they named their hotel, but somehow the connection to the South Seas got lost in translation...

Postcards from a cross-country truck trip.
First stop, albeit only for a change of planes, is Denver. After that, Portland, Oregon will be the point departure for the mother of all travel adventures: 3 days and 3 nights nonstop on a huge truck, 2 drivers, fast food at the Flying J, Pilot, TA, one shower, and sightseeing from the cabin or at truck stops. Out of necessity, most of the pictures posted will be from Portland, OR, when my brain had not turned to mush, yet.

Tires International in Manchester, Connecticut.

Runners in Stockholm are stopped by a pedestrian who can't get out of the way.

Street scene in South Beach, Florida.

Muscle for sale along the road leading to Daytona, Florida.

Florida Keys. In a successful attempt at humor, the sign on the rental bike reads: Free Snow Removal.

Shapely Trees in Madrid.

John Wayne in DeLand, Florida.

The Athens Theatre in DeLand, Florida would like to borrow the letter S.....