Our second night, Serenity is sick all over, Elvis is still wary but he’s found some perks

I’m having tea because it’s cold here in Lakeview OR. The furnace is not working but it did last night. The fridge isn’s cooling and the oven won’t turn on but the stove does. Hence, the tea. The stove top is my only heat source. The next two travel nights will be warmer than here so there’s that. All I’m eating right now are Lunchables, so there’s not much in the fridge anyway.
And I paid to plug in and get water but the electrical system isn’t working either. Is it my ignorance or are there real issues?

All that said, I may stay another night here if I can find someone to give my truck a look under the hood and an oil change. One of those things that got forgotten in the chaos before leaving Portland. It was looked at by a friend but all he said was to go ahead and get an oil change.

It is what it is, and I’m creating a new lifestyle here. There are going to be bumps in the road and a steep learning curve. And some improvisation is bound to happen.

The comments still don’t work either. I’m not going to work on that until I have more time. If you know me you have my number. You can text me. Debra, I can talk to you on your Patreon page and anybody else reading will probably be from Deb’s Patreon page, so if you really need to get in touch with me, give Debra your number and we can text each other.

I’m heating my cast iron Dutch oven on the stove to generate heat. That’ll get me through the night.

The drive today was awesome!! The drive is called “The Oregon Outback Scenic Byway”. I saw a massive raven. I bet that bird weighed more than Elvis. It looked me in the eye and I said “hi” but s/he did not greet me back. S/he had been looking for human garbage to eat. I wished I had something to throw out. That was at the rest area I spent the night at. And I saw a couple herds of antelope or deer on the drive as well.
The color of the hills was so spectacular and I’ve been thinking about it all day so I could describe it for you. Snow had fallen a day or two earlier and there was frost everywhere. Out of the snow white ground was the remains of last summer’s grass. It was the color of sugar cookies just as they start to turn golden and before they brown. Maybe Champaign gold would get close to the color. The contrast of the white and ‘gold’ was hard to take my eyes off.

I saw several old abandoned farm houses next to a second generation house built close by. Also a church / one-room schoolhouse. Summer Lake went on for miles; as far as the eye could see.

Think I’ll go to bed and read. I’m reading a book called, “The Souls Between”, by B. Neil Brown. Also known on YouTube as, “No Legs, No Problem”. I love it!! It’s just the kind of book I like to read.
Talk tomorrow...