21 OCTOBER, 2024

 Who knew it rained in Oregon ? Week 5:

On the 14th at 1500, a "V" of well organized geese flew over , headed South... 135 of them ! (I counted). 

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And a gazillion things your Mother never told you about, all arrange to haunt you (just before Halloween), snails, hermit crabs, turtles, gypsy's, boat people, yurt dwellers, RV livers, and tenters all carry their homes around with them, they are liquid, untied from the dock, "loose", resilient...whatever/however you wish to describe their state of freedom.

When you live in a Tardis you become very private, firstly... because there is not much room for entertaining guests, or visitors, secondly there is the issue of you must either become a minimalist, or a "lets put every square inch of available surface to use" person, your choice, there is no in between.

The small colonies this type of dweller assembles in easily tells you who-is-who, there is the constant "borrower" (minimalist)... do you have a screw driver ?, a nail clipper ?, a measuring cup ? type, and the if God made it, "I" have it opposite type  (the collector).  

It was a full moon week-end, an'ya and I "gifted" back an entry porch to the person who "gifted" us our car, and we have planned out our first Bandon shopping trip for Tuesday of next week, and, "think" the move might actually be over...

We got our Port Orford indoctrination moved further towards nativeism by a visit to Mr. Ed's Espresso, Juice, and Underground Pub at the behest of our welcoming committee herein the RV park... like your first visit to  Chucky Cheese', dinner in the Goodyear blimp, or that Dixieland/Barbershop Pizza parlor in Redwood City where they unexpectedly crash a 6-piece Alpine band (sousaphone included) through a plaster wall to wish you happy birthday, these places unleash unique experiences.  

The mystique of being in Port Orford is wearing off, the familiarity and recognition by the locals has moved from staring to how are ya', and the weather is holding its usual "October is the best month of the year" (our in house opinion)... for all that has been experienced here, the biggest "Wow" is the quiet, the lack of  ambient noise, people second, this is like an alternative world !

So far, we have had only a few 45 minute overnight showers, and sunny days, last night was our "better get ready" 6 hour warning rain-night, but being used to the open faucet squalls and pounding winds of November first, we have the caulk gun, and tie downs ready for week six in Port Orford, (our new home), this year however, no harbor booms, or double storm ties, no removing of deck gear, and dock equipment, and no take-down of canvas and tarps for a bare pole gale-squall 6 month pounding... this...  promises to be "NICE".

The nit picky details inside are coming to a November 30th end, and all of the businesses are shut down, except for the UHTS which incidentally has another contest opening for submission on November 1st.... 

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