We had been told by our friend (the one
who lives in McMinnville) that we would have two months to reside before
changing over to Oregon plates and driving.
We’ve been here for almost two months now.
We somehow believed that we would have
to take the tests in the big city of Roseburg, but someone had suggested that
we go to Canyonville. I hadn’t thought
of a DMV even existing in Canyonville.
What an awesome thought.
Roland happened to be off work for
pioneer day as he is still on Utah clock.
The South Umpqua ward tries to do something for the days of ’47 to honor
the pioneers who traveled across the plains.
I’m told that the pioneer celebration always takes place a week earlier
than it does in Utah as Myrtle Creek has its own celebration around the same
time as Utah has theirs.
So on July 24th, we went to
Canyonville so that Richard could take his test first, and I went across the
street with Jenna to take pictures of her playing in the park. We weren’t there for very long.
Yesterday Roland received his Oregon
driver’s license in the mail. He now has
two valid driver’s licenses – one from Oregon and one from Utah. His Utah was never punched.
He had seemed nervous about the test
for some reason. I do not know why. Roland is a great driver. If he thought he would not be able to pass,
what chances would I have at passing?
The questions had mostly common sense
answers. There really wasn’t anything to
be nervous about. I actually did better
at the test than he did. My Utah
driver’s license was punched and I was given a temporary piece of paper.
Now we just need to change our car
plates from Utah to Oregon. NOT an easy
task. ALWAYS red tape in Utah. It hasn’t
ended for us. I wonder if it ever will.
For some reason we arrived in Oregon without the title to the car we are
currently driving. We sent an
application to Utah to get a replacement title.
Paperwork sent back with the reason that we still owed our credit union
for the car. We DON’T owe our credit
union. The car had been paid off over a
year before we moved to Oregon.
So we get the credit union to send a
letter that says we have indeed paid for the car and we return the paperwork to
the state of Utah. It is returned to us
again because the letter clears us of a car – it doesn’t give the make or model
number. So we call the bank again.
They said they would send a certificate
for the lean. They also sent an email so
that we could print it up and resend off again.
But the printed copy seems distorted, as we appeared to be out of blue
ink. So I expect that Utah will send it
back to us.
Meanwhile we have the hard copy – which
does appear to be a lot more acceptable than what we printed out. Meanwhile our two months are running out. Fortunately I don’t think it will be a major
concern right now in Myrtle Creek. There
are certainly more pressing issues going on in our surroundings at this
time.
There have been so many ideas come to
mind about what I’d like to post, but I find that if I don’t write it down the
second that I think about it, it often doesn’t get written at all.
This morning I take Jenna to school for
registration. She is not excited.
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