June 29, 2008. more fun

Stop was only closed for the night- Open in the morning. Not doing thriving business, though.

Truck covered with little black bugs. At first, I thought they were ants, but no.. some other kind of bug. Was kinda fun watching them melt away as we picked up speed.

Trainer driving, so I went back to bed for a few hours. Woke up as he pulled into Ontario, OR. 95 degrees! Grabbed a shower, though, anyway.

Various construction zones in OR.. I kept seeing this ONE blue porta potty. I swear it was the same one, over and over again. The green ones and the yellow ones, you can tell are different. Not so this blue one. It finally hit me - it's a Dr Who porta-potty - a T.U.R.D.I.S.!

I didn't catch the name of the townlet we were passing through, but I saw somebody who has great friends with a lot of ingenuity. Took an electric wheelchair and removed the wheels - replaced them with caterpillar treads. Totally awsome for tooling down a gravel road to the store!

Temp was 103 in Pendelton OR, when we passed through. I swear, I saw Satan by the side of the road, dealing with a flat tire.

During long descent along the Columbia river - from The Dalles to Troutedale, I had three trucks drafting me. I didn't have the heart to tell them that, while they were drafting, I was breaking wind ahead of them.

Lightning-caused grass fire on the other side of the river. Got a picture or two.

Fueled in Troutdale, then found my way to St Helens, where we're dropping this load.

Dropped trailer - even though we're a day early,no problem. Amazed at the local deer. Doe standing by the guard shack just looked at us as we came through. Another doe in field by docks. She, too, just looked at us. Not worried about us at all. I think I got a pic of this one scratching her ear.

No pending load. Parked for night in empties lot just outside the guard shack. 3 other bobbers there already. Two more May trucks pull up to the gate with loads. Muahahah! I got a good spot for the night.. shaded from street lights, nice breeze, and 30 feet from the porta-john. Got them priorities straight!