by Pa Rock
Road Warrior
I was very careful in double-checking everything as I left the house last Thursday morning, wanting to make absolutely certain that I didn't forget anything. And I was almost successful. It wasn't until I was about a hundred miles from home that I realized that I had forgotten the light jacket that I intended to take.
Oregon was having some unusually cold weather when I arrived, and, in fact, yesterday was the coldest September day in the Portland area since 1948. My first day here I borrowed a jacket from my son-in-law, and yesterday I finally found one at Costco which suited me so well that I bought it. Of course, in a couple of days I will be in San Diego, and I am certain that I won't need a jacket there. (But I'm sure that I will be glad to have it when I get back to Kansas City next weekend.)
We went to a large new-and-used bookstore in Salem yesterday morning. One of the things that I learned while we are there is that my grandson, Judah, is a big fan of "Garfield." Judah is also a car guy, and it turns out that he is an interest in NASCAR.
I have been thinking lately that I would like to have an old set of encyclopedias, more for historical value than as reference material. When I was in high school - at an extremely small school - I was occasionally in "study hall" with nothing to do, and I would pull down a volume of one of our school's few sets of encyclopedias and just browse and read things that caught my interest. I have often thought that I would like to be able to relive that experience on days when time allows it.
So I was really pleased yesterday at the book store when I came across a very nice set of Encyclopedia Britannica (24 volumes) from 1953. The set was reasonably priced, and I was almost ready to pull the plastic and make the purchase, but then I knocked my head against the hard reality of how to get them home? Now I have backed off and am just sort of thinking about it. The clerk did tell me that encyclopedias tend not to be fast movers at their store, so I will probably let them sit until my next visit - and then, if they are still there, I will realize that they are destined to be in my rural Missouri home.
Willow and Sebastian and I played Candyland yesterday afternoon. Willow won. Then she and I played a game of checkers - and Willow won that game, too! Today Judah has a day off from his school, so he and I will spend some time together - and it will probably involve cars!
The Oregon portion of the trip is going very well!
Road Warrior
I was very careful in double-checking everything as I left the house last Thursday morning, wanting to make absolutely certain that I didn't forget anything. And I was almost successful. It wasn't until I was about a hundred miles from home that I realized that I had forgotten the light jacket that I intended to take.
Oregon was having some unusually cold weather when I arrived, and, in fact, yesterday was the coldest September day in the Portland area since 1948. My first day here I borrowed a jacket from my son-in-law, and yesterday I finally found one at Costco which suited me so well that I bought it. Of course, in a couple of days I will be in San Diego, and I am certain that I won't need a jacket there. (But I'm sure that I will be glad to have it when I get back to Kansas City next weekend.)
We went to a large new-and-used bookstore in Salem yesterday morning. One of the things that I learned while we are there is that my grandson, Judah, is a big fan of "Garfield." Judah is also a car guy, and it turns out that he is an interest in NASCAR.
I have been thinking lately that I would like to have an old set of encyclopedias, more for historical value than as reference material. When I was in high school - at an extremely small school - I was occasionally in "study hall" with nothing to do, and I would pull down a volume of one of our school's few sets of encyclopedias and just browse and read things that caught my interest. I have often thought that I would like to be able to relive that experience on days when time allows it.
So I was really pleased yesterday at the book store when I came across a very nice set of Encyclopedia Britannica (24 volumes) from 1953. The set was reasonably priced, and I was almost ready to pull the plastic and make the purchase, but then I knocked my head against the hard reality of how to get them home? Now I have backed off and am just sort of thinking about it. The clerk did tell me that encyclopedias tend not to be fast movers at their store, so I will probably let them sit until my next visit - and then, if they are still there, I will realize that they are destined to be in my rural Missouri home.
Willow and Sebastian and I played Candyland yesterday afternoon. Willow won. Then she and I played a game of checkers - and Willow won that game, too! Today Judah has a day off from his school, so he and I will spend some time together - and it will probably involve cars!
The Oregon portion of the trip is going very well!
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