Monday, September 19
Today I got up even earlier beating my alarm. It seems that
I needed to meet another friend for breakfast. When I returned to my motor home
I decided to try to leave today for points east. As I started unhooking things,
I realized how filthy my motor home was with California dirt (think Soquel for
10 days). Anytime I had a heavy dew or light rain, if the motor home wasn’t
perfectly level, water & mud would run down the sides. A wash job seemed in
order. I pulled from my gravel pad to some grass (yes they have grass here
& people often drive on it) and spent more than an hour washing it. I’d
brought a long handled brush, bucket & car wash but I didn’t realize how
small the brush was & how big the motor home is. I now have a better
concept but at least I did help water the lawn. I climbed up on the roof &
scrubbed away. I finally blasted out of Boring at about 4:00 pm, a bit late for
a long day’s drive.
I drove about 12 miles and visited another cousin, brother
to the two I’d seen last week. I finally got on the road about 5:30 and drove
48 miles to Hood River. The freeway follows the Columbia River and is very
scenic. I’m camped in a crummy little county campground that is over priced for
what they offer. For my first time I have no water, no power & no sewer but
I’m self contained so not too big a problem. I believe there is 1 tent across
the way and a falling down drunk guy in a motor home closer to me. When I first
tried to talk to him, it took him about 15 tries (I’m not exaggerating) to
reach over to his boom box and turn it down so he could hear me. At that point
I no longer wanted to talk to him but he weaved his way over & proceeded to
give me drunk suggestions. I’m hoping he doesn’t decide to come over to be
sociable tonight. If he got into my motor home & I had my stove on, he’d
probably explode.
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| Hood River area |
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