Thoughts on trip home

• Driving in the wind ain't no fun.


• Moose has finally become a good traveler, if sleep minutes per mile is any indication.


• Rose and I do fairly well until about 3 in the afternoon and then all bets are off.


• Maybe I do understand some forms of road rage.


• On the way home, why do we always hit snow and rain in Bend?


• Diners have the strangest names, i.e. the tail of the whale, the bass hole, wet willies, etc.


• Rose said did you see that? To which I replied it could have been worse. It could have been "a piece of bass".


• All this seems to always take place outside of Redding.


• Are people in Redding strange?


• I still very much enjoy talking with young people, i.e. waitress in Madras.


• Don't order the large Margaretta in Madras. Its huge.


• Gosh we live in a beautiful country.


• Moose no longer struggles when I pick him up and put him in the crate in the Blazer.


• Any couple considering marriage should travel together in a car for three days.


• A lot of retired hippies in Klamath Falls.


• I could be happy in a lot of places, i.e Cambria, Morro Bay, Priest Lake, Spokane, Bay area, Montana.


• I could be unhappy in a lot of places, too. Hummmm wonder if there's a lesson there.


• I now have two spiritual places, Priest Lake and the State Land three miles north of Cambria.


• When I die spread my ashes on the above two spots.


• Madeline and Clint are too kind and are my kind of people. I can tell because I "learn" every time I'm with them.


• Irene and Chris are my kinda people too. They make be laugh and feel good inside. They have always made me feel comfortable.


• Pat has a special place in my heart. Gentle Pat.


• I love my family so much. To have Katy, Doug, John, and Brad visit us was special. To share what we enjoy so much with our family was special.


• Hopefully, Jenny, Les, Brandon, Kimmer, and Krissie will be able to visit us next year.


• I think about my sister a lot, a gentle soul.


• How am I going to organize all the pictures I took? Let alone share them.


• I have a foster daughter, Kay, who means a lot to me. And, not just because she does so much for Rose and me. I hope she will visit us next year in Cambria.


• One day at about 4 O'clock Rose said "don't talk to me, I'm owlie." To which I replied "that wouldn't happen to be one of them horny owls would it?" I don't remember much after that.


• Dang your own bed feels good after two months.


• To the young fellow who "cut me off" in Bend, ups yours too!!


• Driving in the snow ain't no fun.


• To have Krissie join us when we got home was special.


• How does one build an appetite when one travels? We literally ate our way across three states.


• I'm going to write a book on "bathrooms I have known". My general observation that Starbucks has the best bathrooms was destroyed by the Starbucks in the Tri-cities. Yeeks.


• Rose ain't a bad driver. She seems to do better when I let her drive a bit!


• Birds and tide pools are special.


• I wish every one could be happy.


• I think too much.

• Gosh I will miss the Sunsets. Sunsets every night.