UMTravels

Greetings from Breitenbush Hot Springs. Blog server is being funny today so we’ll just email in my entry. First — the update on the rest of yesterday. Got on the road a little before nine in the morning and was in Albany at a little before one with time for a burger and the first [...]

The morning list: Pack Book the trip to Tampa/St. Pete Leave for Oregon Visit Palm Harbor Homes for their 2pm tour (Albany, Oregon) Check in at the faerie gathering So, maybe you will get an update later in the day — or not.

Lots of little stuff to do around the house to get ready to go to Breitenbush Hot Springs tomorrow. MoonSong was here to put together the lift gate for the van, and to pull off the gutter to open Pandora’s Box (i.e. to see how bad the rot is at the end of the roof [...]

Stayed up to 4am chatting with Dave-son. That meant an hour and a half nap before heading back to the airport so he could get his flights back to Tokyo. Breakfast at the Denny’s around the corner from Helene’s before picking her up for our trip to O Canadaland to “check-in” — I mean land. [...]

Planned a quiet day of puttering around the house, connecting with Mark Graf for some hardware repairs (computer hardware, not door hardware), laundry and dishes. Evening is Dave-son from Tokyo at the airport at 6:20pm with a dinner reservation in seats 58 and 59 at 8pm. So far – laundry and dishes and puttering. No [...]

Well — poker was fun, but not profitable. But Neil was as delicious as always — with his blond hair growing out, and his piercing blue eyes… ah, those straight boys — I’m a sucker for them always. This mornings schedule (revised). Meet up with Ross, look at his house (remodel project), look at Cathy’s [...]

All the sudden, my schedule is full again. Seriously full. Today – poker in Olympia, and maybe a tour of the state legislature (doubtful this trip) Tomorrow – return from Oly, hopefully work on computer hardware in the PM, then Michael and Chris for dinner. Trying to figure out how to do a peanut butter [...]

Puttering around the house all day. Groceries from Safeway. Where did the day go — oh yeah, that’s right I was doing SOB work this morning. Afternoon of reading, writing Steve in the can, mailing out articles to Chris and Curt — and visiting Chris to pick up packages — and yet more books for [...]

9am — the vent hood installation from hell. First of all it’s 36″. Second, three large holes have to be drilled in the cabinets to run the venting. It will be wonderful once it’s in — but oh what a mess. All this and I still don’t have a stove to vent from. Runs to [...]

After morning coffee and toast — off to the Kent Valley on an errand run. Bradlee Distributing for a range hood — $150 for a 36″ black — two light settings, four fan speeds. Looked much better� before I crimped the corner a bit when I slammed the rear door. Found them on craigslist (well, [...]

I’m on the road most of today — going on a couple of factory tours on the way back north. First stop is the Marathon coach factory http://www.marathoncoach.com/�— they start at $750,000 — and no, I’m not thinking of buying one — even the 1990′s are still almost 200K. The start with a Prevost Commercial [...]

Left Jon and Norma’s around noon after a breakfast of Ahi Scramble… gotta love leftovers in the fridge. Lunch was at Tomelli’s in Elkton — at least I think that’s the name. Right downtown across from a winery. Good Ortega burger and and unusual, but good slaw. Next stop is Mikie’s place outside of Eugene [...]

Well — Portland overnight isn’t going to work. The OtterWinkles are in the final preparations for�a play. Oh well — just have to contact Leo Sunshine somehow else. Guess I should get off my butt and see whether Mickie is up for guests. That would make Monday morning more relaxing not having to rush out [...]

Item One: Meth in the Country: tonight my sis-in-law wanted me to move my car — so the meth addicts wouldn’t see a nice car parked in front of their place. And we are in the outside of Coos Bay, Oregon — reminds me of the comment from Tulelake Chamber of Commerce guy — it’s [...]

Slept in to 8:30 this morning, then lolled around until the breakfast scramble of pork, cheese, and eggs. Basically just puttering around — check-out is at noon. Want to finish a chapter in the book I’m working on (The United States of Europe) before heading out. Today’s route: 140 west to Medford, I-5 north to [...]

7am wake-up call — the advantage of having a Lodge connected to the condo units! 8am sales presentation (a.k.a. Owner Update) for three $25 AMEX gift cards (use before 11/07). 9am breakfast of scrambled eggs. 9:30am — on the road to the Lava Beds National Monument. Stopped in Tulelake — home to a WWII era [...]

Check out is a 11am — and that’s when I’ll be at the desk… every last minute used. Woke up briefly at 5am to see a stunning sunrise…. not stunning enough to get me out of bed and grab the camera, but truly stunning. Dinner last night was the venison and artichoke chicken sampler platter [...]