A Quiet Day At Home

We had plans to go somewhere yesterday while the sun was out to take advantage of a nice day. The plan shifted when we got busy organizing things in the fifth wheel and it became cloudy in the late morning after Josie made a big pancake breakfast. We use the dining table in the rig as our computer desk and we (I) have accumulated lots of paperwork to be filed away and or thrown away. In order to keep the table cleared, I store everything in a big box so it is easy to put away when we need to use the table for other things. I had to go through a big box of the stuff yesterday. Needless to say, it takes a lot of time to sort everything that has accumulated over the last 6 months or so.

Along with paperwork from the desk work, I have to sort through all the magazines that we have also accumulated over that time. I don't like saving magazines so a long time ago I set up a filing system of articles that I cut out from our travel magazines like Highways, Trailer Life, Highroads, Arizona Highways, TrailBlazer, etc. The idea is that when we go to any state, I can take out the file we have for that state that describes the interesting places to go. Anyway, I have about 50 of those to go through to remove the good articles and throw away the magazines. Our files on the states and the Canadian Provinces is growing rapidly.

We have been looking at websites that might help us decide where to look for nice beaches. I came across this interesting site, Romantic Oregon Vacations, that has some really good map information. The maps that show the distances between beach areas and cities is very helpful and just shows how many, and how diversified, the beach areas are. If you get a chance, go through the information on the link above.

The weather has turned nasty again this morning so our day is on hold for now. The rain and wind was forecasted but it is suppose to go away by the afternoon. It is strange to be in an area where it is so cool - temps in the high 50's, low 60's - while the rest of the country is cooking in 70-85 degree weather. Our turn will come when folks will wish they were here. Later...