A Cottage Near the Beach

One day and counting!  Yesterday was lease signing, key collecting, and the start of celebrating.  A friend  me met me and we had a celebratory lunch on the beach.  Since some of you have been asking, here are some preliminary shots. Some are of the house as it is and others of the area.  More … Read more

Hurry-up and Wait!

Hurry up and wait….  So that’s what I did – hurried and hurried and hurried and now I am waiting!   Karla and I hurried all up and down the coast of Oregon looking for a place for me to live, to unload my stuff, etc.  Karla drove, Garmina navigated and I hoped…   It was … Read more

Between-times…. waiting to move

I have finally reached a point where I can stand still…..  Karla – my navigator, co-conspirator and friend has flown back to her real life and things here are quiet – if you don’t count the vibrating base coming from the downstairs apartment. Since arriving it’s been an interesting quest and a strange stage of … Read more

Trucker chics…

The last week has been quite the adventure starting last Sunday with loading the truck.  What started as a plan to drive a small U-Haul (thinking a baby 10-foot truck) grew and grew.   While I did purge about 75% of my life and belongings before Peace Corps, I still managed to fill and 8X10 storage, … Read more