My uncle's up that way, actually down at Roseburg.  He said the sense of time is different up there.

I'll be there at...

...9:00, means in the morning,

...in the morning means that day.

...Tomorrow means this week...  etc.

It drove him nuts.

Gitarzan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:


I almost feel like I can understand    I think that my internal clock is still synched to EST.  I want to go to bed at 8 and get up at 3.  Still some adjusting to do, I guess.

Thank goodness for the weekend, and here Julie has Martin Luther King Day off as a holiday (work one day, and get a holiday.  Can't beat that) which is different.  That was only a bank holiday in NC.

Funny too.  Today is supposed to be a winter storm warning.  The temp has been around 30, and I'll be darned if the folks aren't running around buying all the bread and milk just like in NC.  I know the weather is more severe as you go east from here, but I'll be darned if Portland doesn't seem like Asheville at times.  I just chuckle when I hear one of the news people report that it's going to be "cold".   Owwww  

Max_Morley wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:


Yep, we had a bit of a mess last Saturday.  Never quite seen  an ice storm as intense as that one was.  The parking lot here had at least 1/2 thick glaze of ice.  and there were 35 MPH winds coming down the gorge too.   When it was time to walk the dog, the wind jerked the door open, the dog jumped out and fell, and with me hanging onto both I went down also.  Hello.  Something else.  I had a heck of a time getting into my car and the trunk to install the chains.  Literally had to break into it.  The rear window defroster was totally useless and blew a fuse trying too  

The next day, in true tourist fashion, we ventured out with chains and went east along the gorge.  Really interesting ice everywhere...and cars too.

Funny too, the temps were up to 63 on Tuesday, and all the ice was gone.

Well, this thread is about dead...I got hired today.  I start to work on Monday.  So that makes us both employed in Oregon, and soon all the details of residency will fall into place...yep, have to get new custom tags for the bikes, too.

In closing....I'll be looking forward to seeing you and Sluggo in June at Mt. St. Helens.  Should be fun....


Oh yeah, I know this is Mt. Hood, but I took it yesterday.  Where'd all the ice go?

Nope at the risk of getting much wetter, I'm just standing on the edge of the surf.  I wanted to touch the Pacific.

If I could walk on water the trip here certainly would have been simpler  

Well Greg,
are you riding yet? Com'on, don't leave us wondering if your thumpers are already thumping on the West Coast!!!!  

If you are not riding, I wonder how you can survive to driving a cage in new and unknown traffic rules  

take care 8)

RW

Oh yeah....I know that I haven't been too regular online lately, and it will probably get worse before it gets better.  I have dialup here in the motel, but in the apartment it will be a cable connection (Oh, yeah!).  However, that may take a week or so to get connected.  Since we use wireless phones, we won't have a land line either.  So, after we leave here there may be a lag in my communications here.

An unavoidable hassle, but "I'll Be Back"  

Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:



I always thought the witness protection program would treat you better than that!!

"I always thought the witness protection program would treat you better than that!! "

So that's why you left the East Coast so quickly!!  
I always knew that friendly face had a turbulent past... maybe you helped convict some lawless, reckless HD rider and the HOG community is after you ...
Take care and ride safe (and low)  

RW