April 14, 2005

April 14, 2005

Tillamook, Oregon

DAY 300

 

Today was cloudy and cool for most of the day, with rain in the morning and early afternoon, and a partial clearing late in the afternoon. The sun actually peeked through for a few minutes. That was likely the only break from the rain for the next week. The forecast calls for another week of this cloudy, rainy, cool weather in this area. I wonder if it will extend north as far as Vancouver Island ?

I am very disappointed to be sitting here yet another night in Tillamook, waiting for the truck. I checked with Mechtronics at noon, and they still thought there was a possibility they might have the truck ready to go by 5:00 P.M. today. No such luck. When I phoned at 4:00, they realized they wouldn't be finished today < sigh >. They are hoping to have the truck ready to go by mid-morning tomorrow. If we had been able to get on the road late this afternoon, I think there was still a good chance we could have made it back to the Canadian border on time. Starting tomorrow mid-morning, there's not really a good chance we can make it that far tomorrow. Hauling the rig isn't the same as travelling by car. We have to stop more frequently for fuel. We can't travel as fast up and down the hills. We can't travel as fast in wind or rain. We have another couple of hours of mountain passes to go before we get to Portland, and the Interstate. I guess we're going to be late returning to Canada.

I finished up the year end accounting for the company this morning. It's ready to be sent to our accountant in Ottawa, along with our personal income tax information. We'll take care of mailing that to him soon after we return to Canada. While Joanne finished up some laundry, I made lunch. After lunch, I read for awhile, then napped with Bo. When I got up, I began to prepare the trailer for departure, still hoping that the truck would be ready today. I got the holding tanks drained, the fresh water refilled, and got all the water and sewer hoses and connectors cleaned up and put away, before phoning Mechtronics at 4:00. Then I had to take everything out of its storage place, and reconnected again to stay another night. I took Bo for an obedience training session, and then, since it had finally stopped raining for awhile, we took him out for just a goof off walk. He's suffering "cabin fever", as are we all. The sun was peeking out between the clouds, so we walked down to the river's edge. We hadn't gone right down to the river's edge before. Bo waltzed right into the Wilson River, right up to a depth where he was beginning to float, and having to swim. With his scrunty little legs, and buoyant, thick little body, that's actually not very deep. He seems absolutely unconcerned about walking into lakes and rivers, although he seems quite cautious about the water on the ocean beaches. I wonder why he's cautious on the ocean beaches, but walks right into the water on lakes and rivers ?

We spent the evening watching Survivor, and The Apprentice.

DSK