Beneath the Wraps

  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-11/-no- vacancy-signs-are-vanishing-from-america-s-highways              I may not remember every detail of every family vacation I took with my parents and sibs, but I do remember looking at hotel signs from the freeway and taking the ramp to find lodging.  We had not made reservations as there was a time it didn’t seem pertinent to do so.  We would look for signs that said “Vacancy” and preferred lodging with a pool and later cable seemed to be a priority.  I don’t recall having had any problems with finding lodging that way.  I suppose it is still possible to do it that way in some areas but have learned that as the decades pass and more apps and technology are introduced – a reservation will at least secure where you may want to go.   I still would rather throw caution to the wind and find something along the way instead of booking in an area I’m really not familiar w...

          Roland said he wanted to take Jenna to Universal this weekend as it was/is a three-day weekend and Jenna will be returning to school on Wednesday. What?!?!??    Never mind  that we don’t have the money, but the idea of being in a car for over 24 hour drive and just one day . . . no thank you.   I don’t even like going down to Medford which is less than two hours away.   I think the car is to blame for my misshaped body.   Seriously.           A friend suggested to me that I should go to the Circles of Sand in Bandon found here .    I thought it started on Saturday, but the two days left for the summer schedule were the first two days of September which didn’t start until today.           She also told me to go to the “Washed Ashore Gallery ” found here .  Because Roland was looking for a ge...