A Detour on the Summer Road
You may recall that one of the primary reasons for this annual trek north is to avoid the hot, hot days of summer in Grass Valley. So here we were in Eugene, OR, heading home, expecting to arrive tomorrow afternoon, Sept. 2. Well we were close enough to home to be able to receive our Sacramento, CA, local television stations on our satellite dish. We tuned in the news and the weather guy said it was going to be 103 degrees in Sacramento today and 104 tomorrow.
Now those are exactly the kind of temperatures we came up here to avoid. After much ruminating we decided it wasn’t all that important that we get home tomorrow. There were no appointments during this next week that couldn’t be postponed. The question was where, on Labor Day Weekend, could we find a campground that had a vacant space for us to park in. Judy called the Mill Casino in Coos Bay, and they said, “Come on down,” so here we are back on the coast of Oregon. It’s sunny out and the air temperature is 71 degrees. Now that’s more like it.
It also works out that because of this detour we won’t be driving at all during the Labor Day Weekend, and that too is good. I’ll also get to see all three of the NASCAR races this weekend—maybe the best part.
The weather at home is forecast to be a lot nicer beginning Tuesday when we’ll again plan to head for home. In the meantime, we’ll connect with Dave and Sue, the friends we last saw in Chinook, WA. They planned to be here and will be quite surprised to have us knock on their door.
You may recall that one of the primary reasons for this annual trek north is to avoid the hot, hot days of summer in Grass Valley. So here we were in Eugene, OR, heading home, expecting to arrive tomorrow afternoon, Sept. 2. Well we were close enough to home to be able to receive our Sacramento, CA, local television stations on our satellite dish. We tuned in the news and the weather guy said it was going to be 103 degrees in Sacramento today and 104 tomorrow.
Now those are exactly the kind of temperatures we came up here to avoid. After much ruminating we decided it wasn’t all that important that we get home tomorrow. There were no appointments during this next week that couldn’t be postponed. The question was where, on Labor Day Weekend, could we find a campground that had a vacant space for us to park in. Judy called the Mill Casino in Coos Bay, and they said, “Come on down,” so here we are back on the coast of Oregon. It’s sunny out and the air temperature is 71 degrees. Now that’s more like it.
It also works out that because of this detour we won’t be driving at all during the Labor Day Weekend, and that too is good. I’ll also get to see all three of the NASCAR races this weekend—maybe the best part.
The weather at home is forecast to be a lot nicer beginning Tuesday when we’ll again plan to head for home. In the meantime, we’ll connect with Dave and Sue, the friends we last saw in Chinook, WA. They planned to be here and will be quite surprised to have us knock on their door.
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WELL I FOUND YOU AGAIN SO ALL IS WELL .
HOPE THIS WORKS???
IT IS MY FIRST TIME ON BLOG.
DICK
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