I had breakfast with a friend this morning; then I zipped over to Dick Hannah’s to have the Highlander’s back end and right back tire checked – the other afternoon; in Oregon, on the stretch of roadway between Astoria and Svenson, a moron in a jacked-up pickup literally ran me off the road … and I hit the shoulder at road speed, bumping into and over a ragged pothole.
MPO is that Oregon driver’s are the worst driver’s on the planet.
They are mean spirited.
They are self-centered.
They are rude.
They are obnoxious.
They are very aggressive.
They are stoned 24/7/365.
I really do not like Oregon driver’s.
I heard the Highlander’s backend bounce as the dust settled. When I crossed the bridge at Rainier, and set down in Longview – I drove to Dick Hannah’s Toyota Shop to have the car and tire checked: the pothole was pretty ragged and I worried I may have skinned the tire on the sharp edges. I was told by a stuffy attendant I’d have to bring the car in for a checkup in the morning, at 10 AM., because “it could take hours to check out.”
Matt checked it over – and gave it a good report: no damages. And, he refilled the windshield wiper fluid. I was relieved it did not “take hours” – I was in and out in half an hour.
And I decided that I’d make another trip to Warrenton, instead of waiting until next Monday. I’m no good at putting things off … if something needs doing, I just want to get it done so I can move onto other things that also need doing.
So, off I went.
Making my way across town to the bridge that would drop me on the Oregon side, I saw a VW Bug tricked out in a woman’s obsessive fantasy.
She had
had her VW Bug painted to match dalmatian dogs – and the nose of the car was painted
to mimic a red dog collar.
Her car seat covers were dalmatian print.
Her back window was filled with stuffed dalmatians.
SHE HAD 2 DALMATIAN DOGS in the back seat!
I got the feeling she really, REALLY liked the 101 Dalmatians movie 😉
Warrenton
from Longview is a little over an hour away, and I didn’t plan on staying any
longer than it took to return the clothes that didn’t fit/replace them or
take the $$ and run; I wanted to make this my last trip to Warrenton, until
I pass through there in July sometime.
I had returns for two different stores.
I had just about given up any hope of ever finding regular jeans … and then, I spotted them 😊
2 pairs
of jeans: actual jeans, not the ‘jeggings’ (stretchy cigarette
leg jeans that fit like leggings).
I snapped them up and headed the car towards home 😉
The temperature had soared to 83-degrees by 4 PM.
I just wanted to be home.
The 3 trips to Warrenton – practically back-to-back – was giving me road fatigue.
So, I was happy to catch sight of Mt. St. Helen’s, the Port of Longview, and home base; coming into Rainier.
When I got home, I watered the garden area as well as my geranium pots under the carport; rain is forecast for tomorrow (50%), but the humidity today was very drying, so I gave everything a drink of water to stave off heat stroke until tomorrow arrives.
And I noticed that the yellow tea rose bush Bob bought for me as a gift 20 years ago, is blooming this week.
I am glad – it is a living link to Bob.
When I see it, I smile all over.
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