Thirteen Days On the Road Again
We left Portland with both excitement and trepidation (aka “What have we done?’). We were about 100 miles or so out of Portland when our first challenge occurred. The electronics went out in the central console. We lost the compass ( and you know how often you use the compass so that was not a great inconvenience). But the radio was out and the air conditioner stayed at 71 degrees throughout the entire trip . . . which was OK, even in the Mojave dessert. As I said, not having a radio was OK, as we made the previous six day trip up the west coast on our way to Gabriola, BC without listening to the radio. That’s a lot of silence but we pass the time by talking. How unique a concept. This time it took 13 days and 3100 miles like that. A couple of times the instruments would come on, then go off again . . . just to mess with us.
To help with the writing of this adventure, I took notes throughout the trip to help remember the points of interest and observations along the way. Good idea in theory . . . but not so much. Have you ever tried to write while riding in a car? Not easy, huh? I’m now having a hard time reading my notes. “Judy, can you tell what these chicken scratches mean?”
One odd chore that we did when gathering our remaining household belongings was to empty the refrigerator.We threw out a lot of items that were half empty (half full?). But for no apparent reason we took a bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce, a bottle of sriracha sauce, bottles of mustard and catsup that we purchased in Portland (really great condiments), a quarter block of parmesan cheese, a small jar of bruschetta spread and finally, a cactus that Ed gave us as a housewarming gift. I had been nurturing for a bit of time. The rest of items were projected to last for about 10 days for traveling and about five days worth of clothing and toiletries to have with us until the furniture would arrive to Hot Springs Village on the 13th of August. Note: It is now August 30th and still no stuff. And no projected delivery date, as yet. We’ll call again on the end of the month. That’ll be one month. WE WANT OUR STUFF. For example, limited clothing, Judy is using a pair of vice grips as BBQ tongs.
Moving on, Judy had made part of the trip to travel along the coast as she wanted me to experience it as well.
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We left Portland with both excitement and trepidation (aka “What have we done?’). We were about 100 miles or so out of Portland when our first challenge occurred. The electronics went out in the central console. We lost the compass ( and you know how often you use the compass so that was not a great inconvenience). But the radio was out and the air conditioner stayed at 71 degrees throughout the entire trip . . . which was OK, even in the Mojave dessert. As I said, not having a radio was OK, as we made the previous six day trip up the west coast on our way to Gabriola, BC without listening to the radio. That’s a lot of silence but we pass the time by talking. How unique a concept. This time it took 13 days and 3100 miles like that. A couple of times the instruments would come on, then go off again . . . just to mess with us.
To help with the writing of this adventure, I took notes throughout the trip to help remember the points of interest and observations along the way. Good idea in theory . . . but not so much. Have you ever tried to write while riding in a car? Not easy, huh? I’m now having a hard time reading my notes. “Judy, can you tell what these chicken scratches mean?”
One odd chore that we did when gathering our remaining household belongings was to empty the refrigerator.We threw out a lot of items that were half empty (half full?). But for no apparent reason we took a bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce, a bottle of sriracha sauce, bottles of mustard and catsup that we purchased in Portland (really great condiments), a quarter block of parmesan cheese, a small jar of bruschetta spread and finally, a cactus that Ed gave us as a housewarming gift. I had been nurturing for a bit of time. The rest of items were projected to last for about 10 days for traveling and about five days worth of clothing and toiletries to have with us until the furniture would arrive to Hot Springs Village on the 13th of August. Note: It is now August 30th and still no stuff. And no projected delivery date, as yet. We’ll call again on the end of the month. That’ll be one month. WE WANT OUR STUFF. For example, limited clothing, Judy is using a pair of vice grips as BBQ tongs.
Moving on, Judy had made part of the trip to travel along the coast as she wanted me to experience it as well.
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