Day 173

02/24/2016 Seattle - Eugene (USA)

Today we lived the motto of the Delorean World Tour 'Worldwide Encounters / Global Encounters' again as well.
After 190 miles driving we met four Delorean owner from Portland (Oregon) and Vancouver (Washington), with whom we had made an appointment by email today.

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Steve Maguire from Portland made a contact to the local TV station KGW 8-news beforehand, reporter Rachael Rafanelli and her cameraman also waited for us at the  car park.

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The interview with the World Tour team was broadcasted live on TV, here is the link to the online version:
http://www.kgw.com/news/delorean-world-tour-makes-a-stop-in-portland/54858094

The Delorean Drivers from Portland / Vancouver even escorted us around 60 km along the I-5 before we took a break for a common lunch, later we we drove the remaining 180 km to the day's destination Eugene.

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There we met Delorean owner Oliver Marquardt from Dusseldorf, who is visiting the US for a few days and will be with us the next three days with his rental car.

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