Itinerant Air-Cooled Greetings From Oregon II
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:01 am
Part II of the Oregon Experience included a return to rain. The Upper Midwest contingent and the Pacific Northwest contingent seemed to be in a contest of who would have more rain if not more beer.
The first LuckyLab night, barely a day of drying out from the Maupin Beer-Tasting, slammed me anew with Strong Dog? Blue Dog? Super Dog? and I had to pace myself very carefully to make it through the evening somewhat coherent. Everything looks beautiful after the first half-glass.
A beautiful Gretchen Ghia:
A charming Tiki-lights Boell Westy:
Much conversation with many, there was a Patricia . . . . and I remember a Heather and a Paige and Neal and Dwayne and Hambone and Sean with a couple of brand new D-Jet harnesses (I think I offered my soul and free appointments for life, but I was on my second glass of beer, too), tristessa, Gypsie and Cheryl and beer, Sluggo and kubelwagen with his crankcase in-tow.
I veered out of there begging off with the reminder (to myself) that I had an appointment the next morning. Dispatched Khargis the next day to his future travels with a bus that clearly knows something about travelling, it had the road patina, the stout heart, the slightly sloppy everything . . .
. . . and drove to Bellingham WA the next day. Beautiful landscapes and aggressive I-5 traffic and a new ability to cruise at 62 without nervousness after Hambone and I stuck on the "slow" fanbelt and eradicated a good 50% of the high-speed generator/fan vibration:
Who needs "cooling" when it is 53*?:
The lighting was captivating:
I drove on the new temporary span of the Skagit River Bridge, just hours after it was opened:
(have to scram to an appointment here in Eureka CA! will finish later!)
(for the first time ever, it was warmer and drier in Eureka than it was inland!
Rained yesterday and all day the day before and the day before that too!
The first LuckyLab night, barely a day of drying out from the Maupin Beer-Tasting, slammed me anew with Strong Dog? Blue Dog? Super Dog? and I had to pace myself very carefully to make it through the evening somewhat coherent. Everything looks beautiful after the first half-glass.
A beautiful Gretchen Ghia:
A charming Tiki-lights Boell Westy:
Much conversation with many, there was a Patricia . . . . and I remember a Heather and a Paige and Neal and Dwayne and Hambone and Sean with a couple of brand new D-Jet harnesses (I think I offered my soul and free appointments for life, but I was on my second glass of beer, too), tristessa, Gypsie and Cheryl and beer, Sluggo and kubelwagen with his crankcase in-tow.
I veered out of there begging off with the reminder (to myself) that I had an appointment the next morning. Dispatched Khargis the next day to his future travels with a bus that clearly knows something about travelling, it had the road patina, the stout heart, the slightly sloppy everything . . .
. . . and drove to Bellingham WA the next day. Beautiful landscapes and aggressive I-5 traffic and a new ability to cruise at 62 without nervousness after Hambone and I stuck on the "slow" fanbelt and eradicated a good 50% of the high-speed generator/fan vibration:
Who needs "cooling" when it is 53*?:
The lighting was captivating:
I drove on the new temporary span of the Skagit River Bridge, just hours after it was opened:
(have to scram to an appointment here in Eureka CA! will finish later!)
(for the first time ever, it was warmer and drier in Eureka than it was inland!
Rained yesterday and all day the day before and the day before that too!