Who drives 780 miles (round trip) for a burger?

Sounds crazy, right but we did it.  There's a chain of burger joints that started in southern California called In-N-Out. They've expanded to all of California, plus Arizona, Nevada and there's 3 in Texas. Recently they moved into southern Oregon.  

 beautiful fall foliage along I-5.

 

When heading south or north we always stop at the beautiful 7 Feather's Casino to grab a bite and stretch our legs. 

We've been up and down this highway probably 100 times.  We have never taken the exit to see this delightful covered bridge. 






On past trips to California we've fallen in love with their sparkly clean restaurants, the fresh cut fries, and fresh (never frozen) hamburgers. So we were excited when the two in Medford and Grants Pass, Oregon opened up. The closest one to us being Grants Pass (about 68 miles north of the California/Oregon border. 

It was a beautiful day when we left home. And the weather stayed lovely the whole time.  With some current health issues it's difficult for me to ride in a vehicle for a long time to we decided to make the trip in 3 days. The first day we went as far as Eugene, OR (255 miles from home). We spent the first night there and the next morning, after breakfast at Denny's we drove the additional 140 miles to Grants Pass.  Arriving just in time for a mid day lunch at our favorite hamburger place.  After eating we headed back to Eugene where we spent the second night.  

There it is!

              





Beautiful Oregon Sky







The next morning after another breakfast at 
Denny's we headed north and home.  

Portland, Oregon

Even though we don't live in Seattle, we know when we see this sign..

we're on the right track.

YES!  But still about 2½ hours of driving.

Thankfully they are building another In-N-Out in Keizer, Oregon which is only 189 miles south of here. It will be open after the first of the year. 

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