Sunday, May 11, 2008

Day 11--Mother Nature strikes back!!

Yesterday was just too good.  Today, Mother Nature struck back.  Clouds, fog, rain, mist, sprinkles--everything but SUN!!  Tomorrow is set to be the same but up to the 90s by Thursday--yeah right :-)  There is a sucker born every minute.

More organizing this morning since we were pretty much stuck inside.  With the water tanks full, we even took showers in the boat.  The pump worked just fine.

We took off for Corvallis, Albany and Salem looking for the new TV.  About half way to Corvallis, there was a big accident.  A truck similar to one of the midsize UHauls had swerved into the on coming lane and then tried to swerve back into its own lane.  Unfortunately, one of the on coming cars swerved toward the shoulder of the road and hit the rock wall beside the road and burst into flames.  The truck that tried to serve back did it so fast that it flipped  on its side blocking the road.  So there was a burned out car on the left and a flipped truck on the right.  On a two lane road, that means stop.  By the time we got there, there was a backup of about a mile.  Saw the ambulances and fire engines leaving about a half hour after we got in line with all the other cars.  No idea if anyone was hurt but don't see how someone couldn't have been.  Hopefully they are all right.  That delayed us by well over an hour.  Not like we had any time constraints other than getting to the stores before they closed.

We finally got to Albany and stopped for lunner--or dinch.  Take your pick.  It was well past lunch time and not quite to dinner time--so lunner/dinch.  We ate at "Roger's" in Albany.  Another small family diner.  We see no reason to eat at all the big box restaurants when there is so much local cuisine to try.  We want to get out of the rut of the same old food over and over again.  Tracy cooked a dinner the other night of a chicken curry sauce with red peppers, carrots served on a baked potato with grated cheddar cheese on top.  Really tasted good.  

Found Costco in Albany and bought a nice 26" Sharp LED tv.  Quite a change from the small 14" we've been using.  Now all I have to do is get it mounted to the wall of the boat.  We bought an adjustable bracket that bolts to the wall and allows the tv to swing out to any angle we want and then swing back against the wall.  This way, we can be anywhere in the main cabin and see the tv just fine.  I have to figure a way to keep it in place against the wall so it doesn't swing out as we sail.  

Took  a very round about route home since we figured the accident would take hours to get cleaned up.  Went north to Salem and then west to Lincoln City.  Probably double the distance, but beats waiting on the road for another hour.  Thank goodness it stopped raining when we got back to the boat.  Made it much easier to get everything back to her.  We unboxed the tv and spent the rest of the evening(8:30 by the time we got home) unpacking everything and getting the tv set up.

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