Road Trip

27may19 Memorial Day Remember their cause RV Park Rice Hill my first Oakland Oregon The site is nineteen I'd hooked up eighteen Blocks, electric and all Then checked my numbers Did it all over again Mistakes and learn A path through life Place has good showers I'm on full hook-up There's nothing better For a newbie RV'r

26may19 11am In Eugene, Oregon @ Starbucks, need their wi-fi. Nothing to do till Tuesday when the California DMV opens up so I'm headed to the coast, about 60 miles. It's been a cold and rainy Memorial Day Weekend, this will be a short trip along the coast then back to the 5...I think. - I had heard it was the best scenic coast hwy so worth the trip even in the rain, even if I don't travel the length. Fan belt made more noise than usual yesterday - first place I saw was Jiffy Lube $170 but couldn't be done till Tuesday - things had to be taken apart to reach it.  Belt looks ok to me but a bit loose, I tugged on it and the squealing went away. Problem is I don't have internet except the phone and Starbucks (etc.) and weather is bad, hard to fix things. Ah life on the road! Will try for an RV full hook-up but its the start of summer holiday so being realistic. Got rid of a few more things. Learned a few more things. May try using the RV as a "Tiny H...

25may19 Wilsonville, Oregon Memorial Day Weekend None of my poems Have had reason or rhyme Many negative ideas Have been given for free All in suspense All up in the air Will have to see What says the DMV Its a holiday weekend Clouds without end And nothing can be done Save to enjoy Oregon There's good and bad to this venture When the sun peeks out - its great Beautiful but then hot All in stride that for sure

19may19 Bald Eagle and Mount Olympus Washington from Dungeness Recreation/Wilderness Area on the Strait of Juan De Fuca - Saturday morning 18may19

17may19 --- Depreciating Assets When something of value is worth less As time passes by more or less Now this is of money There are values besides But often cash values count too Low ball offers were made on some vans Rejected by dealers now disappointed Let me know it they did as expected Some feeling of guilt rejected Was I honest enough I say yes Matters of business require attention More than I usually give them As life is lived it is learned It can be if lesson applied Then value is added To dollars departed When life itself Is counted ------------------------- Pigeon Guillemots I returned today at high tide The wrong turn of tide for these birds Pigeon Guillemots who dance and mate While eagles determine their fate Enough for now to have learned their names And the time of the tide to see them A walk in the woods yielded several birds more Woody Woodpecker I heard Hooded Warbler I saw Then a helicopter was heard A Rufous Hummingbird W...

16may19 Juan de Fuca Were I to draw driftwood The log I sit on Would be the wood drawn On a day so far Without rain On a spit sticking into the Straits Eagles are flying overhead From the cliffs close by And but for their swooping Shorebirds would be dancing And afterwards mating Later on When the eagles departed One pair of shorebirds The species unknown But more on the way They both danced and mated A sight to have seen On a day so far Without rain

13may19 Toothache The upper right near to the back Drilled and killed in Shreveport A root canal that is and was Two months ago or so Uncrowned it was and is so still There was no time the need to travel The dentist there said nothing of it In San Diego it was suggested Non-stop its been since then Last night the pain again This time in Oregon in Bend Why me why now whom did I offend None it is just what it is To care for it my business