I predicted the other week that Oregon would exceed 2,500 cases within a week of Thanksgiving. I was only a day off and a couple hundred cases off. I can’t say I’m surprised. People will preach to others about social distancing, staying local, limiting chances of exposure, etc. But in the true American way when…
COVID-19 Wk 37: Freaking Thieves
There is a bit of a running “joke” at work that I don’t like people. Mostly because I say it often enough. The truth is it is a bit more nuanced than that. I equate it to my New Hampshire upbringing. In general I’d say New Englanders are a bit more stoic and we tend…
COVID-19 Wk 36: Where Do We Go From Here
In COVID news: over 1,500 new COVID cases reported yesterday and 7 new deaths. Thanksgiving is just days away and I’m saying it now, within a week of Turkey Day, we will be over 2,500 cases. It seems inevitable at this point. I also read that ranch sales are booming across the west. The whole…
COVID-19 Wk 35: Getting Worse
Trump still refuses to concede an election he claims was rigged. John Bolton has the best quote of the whole thing so far. “The arguments that Trump and his campaign are making on the conspiracy to deny him reelection is this conspiracy is so vast and so successful that apparently there’s no evidence of it.”…
COVID-19 Wk 34: Clifford
I’d like to introduce everyone to Clifford the Big Red Van. Clifford comes to us via Wayfarer Vans. This has been a purchase almost four years in the making. Originally inspired by our friends The Manvilles and their Mercedes Sprinter conversion van. Mia and I spent lots of conversations on the pros/cons of a Class…
COVID-19 Wk 33:The End is Near
Anyone who has read some of my more recent posts knows my feelings on Trump. I loathe the man! So here is to hope, that come Tuesday night, his days as President are numbered in weeks not years! Living in the liberal bubble that is the PDX metro area makes it difficult to gauge things…
ON & OFF RHODES 