Dec 7, 2007 Netarts adventure

We checked on our trailer on Tuesday. Boy, that was an adventure. The drive was pretty good most of the way there. A lot of downed trees & high water along side the road and some high water on the road in a couple places. However, the last few miles to Netarts was a bit hair raising. We take a road off hwy.101 along the Tillamook river and that was under water in 4-5 places with a current. We made it through and came to the netarts hwy. Traffic was backed up and I got out and looked and there were 3 vehicles in the road cutting out trees that had fallen into the road. We waited a bit and then decided to go into town to see if we could find lunch/bathroom. We found our favorite mexican restaurant open so we had lunch. When we were done, we were trying to decide if it was worth trying to go back. Across the street from the restaurant is the county courthouse. A large tree and fallen down & a work crew with a deputy was working to cut it up. We walked over and asked the deputy if he knew if there was any road open to Netarts, he radioed to the dispatcher and she first said no, but then just as we were about to cross the street back to our car, she replied that it was open. So we drove to Netarts. All along the way, trees and limbs were into the power lines. Power poles were snapped off, wires were hanging all along the sides of the roads. In a place or 2, trees were laying on the wires which were hanging over the road. We made our way to the campground and found the campground handymen working on cutting a tree out of the road right next to our trailer. They said our awning had come open and torn a bit. Sure enough, it was torn about 1 1/2 feet on one end and the supports had come apart. Rick got it put back together and up. It was amazing that it could have come undone in the first place. They said the wind sounded like a freight train. Luckily the fridge in our trailer also runs on propane so our food was still good. They still don't have power there and yesterday I heard it could take a week. Luckily we have work to do just west of Philomath where we have been working this week.

Oct 21, 2007 SEAHAWKS vs. RAMS

Took the Eola Hills wine bus up to Seattle with our good friends, Randy & Cindy. The wine was not to our liking. The snacks and lunch not gluten free. But our friends were fun & we had the experience of a pro football game. We were hoping to see Steven Jackson, but he was out due to an injury.

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Pinot noir clusters nearing ripeness this fall at Domaine Drouhin Oregon. Many are wringing their hands about the 2007 vintage, but rain aside, this fruit looks pretty good to me. And tasty too!