The good news is, the soup doesn't suck

I need an oil can. My blogger fingers are really rusted, and my writing chops a bit rank. But life is for re-learning -- why not do it in public on the internet in front of millions. As if. So, I beg you forgive the stylistically novice nature of these early posts. I commit to improve, spiffy up the look and feel and make it worth the 15 minutes a few times a week it will take to keep up with my adventures.

The drive up was the drive up. The packing was easy, the car loading easy and the saving of space for an extra return trip passenger, her guitar and all the clothes she can carry in that duffel bag super easy.

Scout loaded himself into his seat a good 30 minutes before departure, made sure his tray table reclined and locked and that his food bowl was stowed. He is one of the more neurotic creatures I know and surely the most neurotic I love.

We reached Portland in 9 hours and 20 minutes, a personal best and spent an uneventful night at the Hotel Deluxe -- my go to Portland bed and tub. Down bedding for me AND for Scout.

Day two I re-learned that I can depend on my hubris to routinely foul things up. 5 miles outside of Port Townsend, feeling smug about how I had just the right amount of time, a wave of humility overcame me. I checked the reservation and realized my ferry, the last one of the day, was docked and waiting to depart from Port Angeles, about 40 miles further along the road. Fu - uck. Drive, drive, drive, fast, fast, fast. I am sure I left 15 days of my life on that stress ridden, successful dash.

So now we are here, on the island, at the cabin, on the Long Harbour, high up the hillside. We are settling in and I have started cooking out of a dorm-size fridge on 4 crappy, electric burners (is that redundant?). As soon as I tidy up a bit and get the wood stove cranking, I'll show you the place, all 500 square feet of it.




P.S. EST is not proven to be an effective treatment for canine neurosis and in fact, there is evidence indicating it may exacerbate it.