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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Friday, October 8, 2010

Dump Over

As in finished.  Got the dump run done in about half a day and one trip.  Even got rid of some left over parts of the old porch which we replaced last spring.

Been working on a rant but just can’t get it right.  Seems like I quickly end up at the same place regardless of the rant, religious, political, whatever.  Like Lewis Black, very pessimistic, and I reach the same conclusion.  As a species we are really screwing up on so many levels!

It is so much easier to ignore all the clamor, play with my grand children, and when they get older tell them the same thing I told my kids.  Sorry, we were going to fix everything but it didn’t work out that way.  Your turn now, good luck.  Whose turn is it to feed grandpa today?

One more weekend here and we hit the road again.  Farmers Market again tomorrow;  so many fascinating places to eat and drink around here and so little time!  Monday we head over to Bend to visit Emil and Sara.  Never been there and are really looking forward to it.  Looks like the storm will blow through here and be gone for our drive. 

I’ll try to be a little more upbeat in the future.  Honest!  Here's where I let my mind go to cheer up.  I took this in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand on a lunch hike.  The boat is a 40' steel sloop owned by a friend of ours.  Another story.

Moving Day

Been working on my round toit list.  I asked R & J to make up a list of small projects I could do while we were here.  You know, whenever I could get around to it.  Groan!

Anyway today we move all the accumulated junk to the dump.  What was a weekly chore for me and my Baja becomes an interesting project when you are city folk.  First, get a pick up.  Then, find the dump and figure out their fee system.  You can be mixed trash, recyclables, yard trimmings and clean wood, covered or uncovered, all affecting your final fee.  So, after truck rental (with milage), gas and fees, it’s around a hundred dollar day.  Not counting lunch and beer for the crew.

Check out the Portland Metro site refuse fee system here.


The dump in Soldotna is free and two miles away, hence the weekly visit.

Looks like some real rain headed this way, so we’d better get at that dump run.