Jun

25

Lil is Losing It

Filed Under dogs, family, sisters 

Today we were driving down from Washington, back to Oregon, when Lil exclaimed, “Look! Corn!” I looked. It was a vineyard.

To be fair, she HAS done a lot of driving. We drove thru about a quarter of OR and the entire length of WA yesterday. By “we” I mean “Lil,” since I have done zero driving so far. I think maybe she’s worried about the fact that I’m on prescription pain killers, or maybe I’m doing such a good job as navigator that she doesn’t want to lose that. I’d just like to take this opportunity to mention that we have NO real maps, either. Just small maps from hotels and brochures. That makes everything even more of an adventure!

So I am chauffeured around until we stop, at which point I get out and shuffle around, sassing my driver and waiting for my next pill. I’m basically reenacting the last few years of Bradley’s life. Speaking of whom, something about this trip has made me miss him a lot. Maybe it’s seeing everyone and their brother out and about with their dogs, or being on the old laptop and seeing pictures of him I haven’t seen in a while. Whatever reason, he’s been on my mind a lot lately.

Tonight we are back in Oregon, where you are not allowed to pump your own gas. We’re in the same hotel and same room we had 2 nights ago. We have a partial view of the ocean and in the morning get to go visit the tide pools again, along with our little starfish and sea anemone friends. I bet they missed us!

Tomorrow, I think the plan is to head south on the coast (picture posted on my Twitter) and see what we can see of the sea!

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