or was this all just a GOOD NEWS--BAD NEWS DREAM??
So the final chapter of this part which could be considered the party of the first part or maybe the party of the second part or maybe there are more parties involved or maybe nobody came to the party at all and it was just me all along??? But will anyone ever really know for sure??? and if they do know will they ever really talk about it???
Well the good news is that I am here and where is here??? does anyone really know for sure where here is or am I just in a certain time and space waiting for the planets to align so that I can begin the rest of this journey???
So for whatever reason and I am not sure what that reason may be I am presently residing in my CHATEAU TO GO out in Oregon. I arrived here none the worse for wear except that I came close to wearing out the steering wheel just trying to get into the state of Oregon!!!!!
So from the last chapter to this one I wrote that I would do this part instead of adding it into the previous parts which is why it is the party of the last part and not the party of the first part... or the party part, or the pieces parts, or the parts of the parts, but this part has to be or there will be no conclusion and I have come to the conclusion, delusion, infusion, transfusion, that I must finish this part (don't worry, no more party parts) or I cannot continue on from here!!!
So again we press ahead so to speak or not speak as each one of us must make our own decision regarding what will become of this epistle (another cool word) and how it shall go down in the pages of history??
But I need not tarry any longer for we were in Nevada at the last writing and heading for Oregon. When you travel along 140 and go into Oregon you actually have no idea that you are in Oregon until sometime later when you come upon the town of ADEL at which time you realize that you have actually been in the state for about 35 or so miles. BUTTTTT at the border when you do come into Oregon you are greeted with warning signs that had I known I would have taken pictures of that warn you that you are approaching a ten mile 8% downgrade and they actually post the signs along about a quarter mile of road so you can change your mind if you want to and turn around. The pictures I took prior to starting down this mountain do not do justice to the WHITE KNUCKLE ROAD!!!!! This is a two lane road that winds down the mountain and luckily for me I was on the inside because the outside has NO GUARD RAILS!!! and trust me when I say folks you do not want to be on the outside!!!!!! I stopped to take a couple of pictures and it was a good thing I did because two over sized flat beds came over the hill and went down in front of me and then just to make life even more exciting a guy in a pick up passed me on a curve!!!!!! Obviously he had driven this road before???
I would come this way anytime to come into Oregon, but I can tell you it ain't on my BUCKET LIST to go into Nevada this way..... It just ain't gonna happen!!!
So finally after getting off the mountain and down in the flat lands I was actually down around 4500 feet and still in SNOW!!!!! I had actually been in snow more than not since leaving Nebraska. Snow to me is like poison ivy to most people as I have a violent reaction to it!I don't like it, I don't want to be around it and the only time I want to be around it is when it is in water form after melting!!!! I finally got out of the snow about 15 miles from Medford, Oregon and then got to pay $4.03 for gas!!!
The final directions for the roads traveled are as follows. Or-140 to Or-395 to Lakeview to Or-140 to Klamath Falls to Or-140 to White City to I-5 to Grants Pass, Or.
I must be getting older because this trip even though it takes the same amount of time to get here just seems to get longer?? Not sure why that is?? I am not sure what I will write about next, but probably my CHATEAU TO GO?????
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