Great week of biking.  Flew to Portland Oregon then drove to Medford to visit Hank and Carol.  Hank and I were able to ride two days.  The first day was a 25 miler with 1000 feet of climb.  The second day was on a nice paved bike trail to Ashland.  I used Hanks back-up ride.  Obviously it was not a good fit for me but after awhile I was riding comfortably.  As far as Hank's biking ability, at 83 he is still as strong as ever.  Very impressive going up the hills and leaving me in his dust.  After a great visit Ronni and I drove the coastline back to Portland.  Scenic at times, most of the drive the ocean was not visible.  It took 8 hours but was still scenic if mountains and trees are your thing. 
Then, we made the journey to Mt St. Helens in Washington state.  Now, since I'm a flatlander, mountains area are always impressive, but Mt. ST. Helens was awesome.  And, the center showing the explosion in 1980 followed by a viewing the actual mountain made the experience well worth the trip.  Back home and looking forward to my normal riding routine.