Travelogue

Campbell House InnAs I mentioned in the previous post, even on long-driving days, we like to find something to look forward to at the end of the day. Originally it was supposed to be the Bend area of Oregon, but the air quality was just too awful to make that any fun.

So, as Herb drove, I played on my phone looking for something that would be fun and that we could arrive at no later than 6 pm to have time to enjoy.

Then there it was - the lovely historic Campbell House Inn in Eugene, Oregon, a lovely historic B&B and a cool town that we had never been to before.

Campbell House GazeboThe Inn did not disappoint. The Inn, which was originally a home built in 1892, had been fully restored as a luxurious boutique hotel. It was situated on an acre of beautifully landscaped grounds, right in the historic district of Eugene. I couldn’t understand why it was only $140 per night (including a sumptuous breakfast), when our crappy little hotel room in Port Angeles cost over $200. Apparently that still annoys me.

Each of the rooms were named after a Campbell family member. We were staying in the “Alfred,” which for some reason cracked us up.

Anyway, we started our evening with a glass of wine in the gazebo in the garden. We were having such a nice time that we almost forgot about dinner. Not wanting to go anywhere at that point, we ate some Pad Thai Salad that we had bought in a Ucluelet supermarket.

Then I gave our private bathtub jacuzzi a whirl and almost overflowed the bubbles from my relaxing bubble bath.

5th Street MarketThe next morning we figured we should explore Eugene before moving on.

But first the complimentary breakfast in the Inn’s lovely dining room, which included eggs, sausage, veggies, and freshly baked scones. The setting and the food were wonderful.

After breakfast we headed over to nearby Alton Baker Park to walk along the Prefontaine Trail. Anyone with a son that ran track in high school or college knows of Steve Prefontaine, the legendary track star at the University of Oregon in the 1970s. Sadly, he tragically died in a car accident in 1975 when he was only 24 years old and at the height of his running career.

Lolo at the 5th Street MarketThe night before every track meet in high school, our sons and a few of their teammates would gather to eat pasta and watch the Prefontaine movie. They must have seen it a hundred times.

After his untimely death, the city of Eugene built the Prefontaine Trail in nearby Alton Baker Park. In 2019 it was designated a city history landmark. Of course, we had to walk along it. We would have more appropriately run if it hadn’t been for that gigantic breakfast at the Campbell House Inn.

Our next stop was the 5th Street PublicMarket, the area’s premier open-air shopping destination with up-scale stores, restaurants, bars, tasting rooms, and cafes. It was quite a lively place.

Ok, time to continue on to Bishop, probably finding another place to stop along the way.

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