Just for Laughs
Submitted by PriceRip on Sat, 04/01/2017 - 4:25pm
Road Hazard in Nebraska
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Versus Road Hazard in Oregon
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Well, you say tomato
and I say tomahto!
Thanks for the giggle.
When to you get settled in Oregon?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I am being rather slothful.
We are boxing up the last of our items. We are at the point of making difficult decisions (hence the slothfulness) about what to do with some of those items. So, if I get "with it" we should be able to be on the road within the next two weeks. The best part, once we are there the "settling in" will go very fast.
Lawn Accents
When you ask a Nebraskan about the artistically placed boulder on their property they will probably mention Steinbrink's, Earl May's, or maybe a trip to Colorado. If you ask an Oregonian, they might just silently point up the ravine and say, "Gravity did it."
@PriceRip I have only done a drive
I have only done a drive through in those states.
I think of Oregon as rugged, beautiful, where the Old West is not that old.
I hope you and yours figure out the basic psyche of the state, and fall in love with it.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thanks for the positive thoughts.
Hello , I am RIP, and I am, in fact, from Oregon. I lived in Arizona for six years as I earned my PhD that allowed me to teach in Nebraska for 35 years. It is so nice to finally get to live in my home state again.
Boy did you get that right. Far too many people drive through Oregon without really seeing what is there, because they get distracted by the grand view. I hope you had the time to drive off the main roads and around a couple of curves on the "back" roads. If you ever get to SouthWestern Oregon, stop by, I can show you some awesome places to visit. Example: If you are on I-5 driving north out of California take the exit at mile marker 1. That puts you on the old highway 99 through Siskiyou Pass, you won't regret taking this route. As you drop down into the Bear Creek Valley and pass under I-5 there is a very good restaurant on the left. The musicians have been very good as of late. And do leave a good tip, I wouldn't want you to spoil my reputation.
If you (or anyone else here) are (is) interested my brother has photographed most of the waterfalls of western Oregon's.
@PriceRip I didn't realize you
I didn't realize you were headed home. Cool.
If I decide to make the rounds and see the country again, I will give you a heads up, we can share a meal and a brew, and I can hide my jealousy about your state being so much more beautiful than my TexASS.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
The Llano Estacado are a real pain in the eye.
I understand there are some very nice places in Texas, somewhere. How's that for damning with faint praise or my dad's solecism "feigning with damp praise".
Some of my earlier articles were about all that. With way too much information I suppose. I am not one for "toning it down" when describing my favorite places.
@PriceRip Texas has some
Texas has some lovely parks, rivers, beaches, but it is so big, I would have to drive 24 hours to see them, maybe more.
I do live at the edge of Sam Houston National Forest, and have spent many days of my life riding a horse through the woods. I no longer do that for fear of coming up on a meth cook, or pot field. My horses can't outrun a bullet.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
That Meth thing is an issue in Oregon as well.
But at least the pot situation has mellowed a bit in Oregon.
I have avoided Interstate drives for some time.
And now that they collapse in flames, I think it was a good but slothful decision. If I am lucky, can exit or enter my 900' driveway, today, foot in cast I was unlucky, another tree down. Ruined my already perilous mood of the day. Horsed it off by myself, getting my cast wet. Again.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.