Last blog with this title. It’s no longer a trip so I’m changing it on the next post to Oregon Living 2017 – Blog #31
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017….. Randy
also spent time on the phone last night trying to figure out how to get
home. He brought one of his mountain
bikes up in my truck and wanted to leave it here but decided that he would take
it back home. Plus he has his tool bag,
with about 50 lbs of tools including knives and saw blades. He decided to rent
a car and that way he could take the bike and tools plus stop at a riding area
on the way back. Turns out that it’s
very difficult to rent a car for a one way.
If you did get a car, the one way rates were really too high. Maryanne suggested he look at a small U-Haul
truck or van. Forget that – too
expensive. Amtrak is an option but it’s
a 27 hour ride. So now he’s looking at
flights again, from both Eugene and Portland. We have plenty of luggage so he
can check his tools as baggage. He would leave the bike. Still in work. Stay
tuned.
Meanwhile, we
worked on a few things around the house today. Setting up cabinets, moving the
printer, a couple more things loaded in the closet, filling the cabinets in the
garage, etc, etc. Later, Randy made his decision. He will fly back via Portland so he booked
his return trip. We take him to the
airport early Friday morning. He decided
to take a trip to Falls City to mountain bike.
He left right after we did. We spent the morning in Corvallis at the
farmers market. Aimee’s hula group was
performing and we wanted to see her perform.
We bought
some veggies and stopped and had pupusas for breakfast. Yummy! Once we returned, we unpacked some
more. I always take the broke down boxes
out to stack in the workshop. I now have
a super large pile out there! Maybe when
we’re done, I’ll sell them on Craig’s List or LetGo! Randy called later to say he would be staying
in a motel tonight so he could spend more time riding and exploring tomorrow.
So Lydia fixed us stuffed salmon and we called it a night.
Thursday, July 27th, 2017….. This
morning I spent time with my check book (yuck!) and then more time online and
on the phone with Boeing, changing my address and inquiring about new medical
we need to sign up for, now that we have a residence. Lydia went across the street to visit with
the neighbor’s wife and ask her about medical facilities and doctors in the
area. Rick is a doctor but we didn’t know what kind or where he practiced. Judie recommended a couple of people and
places so when we get our packet we’ll see what matches up. I got out the Stihl
trimmer and went out to the creek in the back of the property to knock down
grass that our lawn guy didn’t get with his mower. Randy called to say he was
on his way back but he was going to stop to eat and don’t wait for him. We decided to go to Sweet Home to a Mexican restaurant
we were told was pretty good. It’s called Margarita Village and it was really
good! I ate too much hot spicy salsa
which I paid for later but we will go back again! We returned home and after
about an hour Randy got back. He found
some great bike trails and met some guys to ride with. Later he got his luggage
together for tomorrow and we watched tv before calling it a night.
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