Saturday, June 10, 2006

The Windiest Hell Hole in OR













6/6 - Port Orford (37 miles)
Actually, it was a nice town, albeit on the windy side, but we met Mike Mys and family and got a taste of the local conservative OR spirit. Mike was a typical grumpy old man, but very lively and entertaining, a playful grumpy old man... He showed me his gun collection, rotation of canned goods, trout in the stream, all of which were in preparation for the end of times. He told us how the Core of Engineers screwed up Port Orford's Port and how people really don't know crap anymore. He told us that his part of OR was all set to secede from the Union but World War II screwed everything up. He told us how hard it was to raise his 12 year old grand daughter... "and it's getting harder everyday, isn't that right little girl?...". Finally, he bid us good night and gave us a small bottle of wine "to help the misses sleep" and shared that the only way he sleeps anymore is if he get "all-schnuckered up". Good times in OR.

2 Comments:

At 1:57 AM, Blogger Diana Groth Krasnansky said...

Hey Rach, I didn't know anything really about your trip or where to find you or how to contact you, but I'm really glad to be reading your blog and getting an idea of what's going on with you. Sounds like so much fun. I have so many questions. First and most simply, what is BOB? I'm looking forward to your next entrys. I have a blog myself so I'll keep this short:
http://slovenskyraj.blogspot.com/

See you in September!

 
At 10:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Scott and Rachel, we have finally recovered from our trip to StL and then ourstomach flu. We were so sick we could barely drag ourselves out of bed. But I was able to read and i LOVED "How to make an Am Quilt!" It was so insightful and i can see it meant so much to both of you. Also, thank you for the flowers and the note. Anxious tohear how far you are now. luv you both, sue

 

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