OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "TWO BROADS AND A JEEP" #1

I am so excited!!!!  Its ten thirty at night and we are leaving on our trip tomorrow morning!!!  We packed a couple of duffle bags, small ones and a back pack and a cooler.  Thats all Tank can handle!

Now Tank is, or was, real dirty on the inside.  The dog hair is like three inches thick.  The floors are muddy and there are cracker crumbs and all sorts of crap .  The windows have never been washed on the inside.  These things I do not notice.  But poor Cookie does.

So tonight whilst I visited with Gail, Cookie's sister, Brian and Cookie went out with vacuum and bowls of vinegar water and set to work.  I tried to feel bad or guilty but I just couldn't.  It was so nice to have my jeep cleaned!

While we were all talking I made mention that we were taking enough bedding so that if we don't find a vacancy in a motel, we would be forced to sleep in the jeep.  But I think this is going kind of beyond Cookie's boundaries.  And Gail, who is a cop, had a fit!  She kept repeating, "NO YOU ARE NOT.  NO YOU AREN'T SLEEPING IN THE JEEP.  NO YOU ARE NOT!!!!!!"  So it behooved me to ask her why?  And do you know what she said?  Its too dangerous.  What???  Dangerous?  That thought never even crossed my mind!

  So if we seriously do not find a room then what do you do?  Well, you either sleep in the jeep, or you sit in the jeep til morning.  I opt to sleep thank you very much.

I am going to try to sleep now.  I have a feeling that might be tough.  I am too excited!!!

Well we got off by 9:15 this morning.  Things went off without a hitch.  We crossed through the border and hit the I-5.

  The border guard asked us where we were going.  We said the Oregon Coast. He asked why.  We said to see it.  Mmmm Hmmm...he says.  Are you staying anywhere in particular? he asks.  No I said.  We are just going to wing it and hope we don't have to sleep in the Jeep.  And he says, "Mmmm Hmmmm...more vague answers."  Fer Jeez!!!  Its a road trip! I kind of say loudly.  I mean seriously!  Look at us!!  Do we look like the type to do nefarious bad things?  He let us carry on.  Cookie, after we got away for a few seconds says, "He's an ass!!!"  Yes he was!

We drove the I 5 with a couple of stops at fat lady stores.  Wouldn't you know I forgot a coat, toothpaste, hairspray, mousse, tweezers and other necessaries.  The hot water tank threw me off.  I would really like a coat.  But there aren't any.

We didn't get to Astoria as planned.  We got to Kelso.  There was a rather nice looking Motel 6 near the highway so we went in to check it out.  They had a room.  We kind of expected it to be in the 140 dollar range as that is what we saw elsewhere.  It was 58 dollars.  58!!!!  Holy moly!!!  So we booked it.  The room is bare bones but not bad at all.  Except for one tiny exception that you will see in the pictures below.

So because we got such a good deal, we went to a nearby Red Lobster for dinner...and even that was cheap!  I had a whole Maine lobster dinner.  Biscuits, rice, broccoli, butter, lots of butter, 1.5 pounds of lobster meat...and a mango something or other cocktail...45 bucks.  Crikey!  That would have been 60 or 70 at home.  I know...the exchange brings it up to that but you know.....

Now we are back in our room.  Cookie is packing and re packing.  She is so neat and tidy and organized.  Me?  My crap is everywhere and I didn't even bring in my duffle bag of clothes.  I can't help it...its a genetic defect.  

Now I am bagged.  Bedtime....somewhere in the world.  Its ten to eight.  God, I am turning into my mother.  The real adventure starts tomorrow!  TTYL

OUR BARE BONES CLEANISH ROOM

A WELL DESERVED BEER IN HAND

MY DRINK IS GONE ALREADY....OF COURSE....I GUZZLE, I CAN'T HELP IT

COOKIE WAS IN THE ROOM TEN SECONDS AND SPIED THIS ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR...HAHAHAHA!!!!

CHEDDAR BAY BISCUITS...MMMMMMMM

MY LOBSTER, WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT.  THAT IS NOT ME IN A MIRROR THERE.  IT LOOKS LIKE MY HAIR IS CURLY IN THE FRONT AND STRAIGHT IN THE BACK.