Beneath the Wraps

                 We learned that Ryan and his family would be doing a tour of the main post office where he works.   We asked if we could join them.   On Saturday morning Richard drove Jaime and me downtown as she was still set on finding souvenirs bearing Utah’s name.   We also went to Trolley Square before driving to the post office to meet Ryan’s family. It was a nice experience learning more about the structure of the post office.   Here is a more detailed example of what we saw.  Of course not exact.  We were not allowed to take pictures except in certain designated spots. Our tour guide spoke in a very soft voice.  He asked questions and gave out tee shirts for correct answers.  We walked away with two T-shirts and two string backpacks. Afterward we asked if they would like to have lunch together and ended up going to the Old Spaghetti Factory (putting ourselves at Trolley Square once agai...

  On Thursday morning my cousin Kindra (aka Michelle) and daughter, Aria (aka Melody) drove to Marj’s house to take Jaime and me to breakfast.   We ended up at a waffle house near the high school.   Afterwards  Aria had wanted to get something at Fashion Place and so Jaime and I returned to the mall for a second time. After we were through browsing at the mall, Kindra drove us downtown and dropped us off.              We were specifically looking for a penny press machine and thought there might be one at the planetarium, but there was not.      Jaime received a text message from Richard while we were downtown.   He had made arrangements for us to check in at a hotel as he was planning on driving in to collect us.  I was adamant about NOT returning on Greyhound.   I had wanted Richard to go with us in the first place specifically for the 18 th and 19 th – my soul reason for even being in Utah.   ...

                 My mind is so full right now.  I fear the ideas that are in my head may not make it to a post for this blog so let me start with the most recent . . .           Myrtle Creek Visitors Association had posted to facebook about an upcoming Easter Egg hunt – which Jenna has been looking forward since our “ business activity ” on St. Patrick ’ s Day.   This time 12 specific businesses hiding a wooden egg.   And Jenna has been determined to find them all.   Though we physically entered more than half of the businesses, we had only hunted in five – well – she had hunted.   I am not great at picking out items when they are in my face let alone having to physically look for them.             This morning Jenna was at her photograph class and learned she had to pick an assignment to do.   There were at lea...

One of my goals this year was to post a specific word at least every other week.   I don’t know that I posted any words in the month of October.   I haven’t been making good use of my time and didn’t post what I had in mind for yesterday.   I had to take the car in but figured I would write my post after I returned home. While at the mechanics I received a phone call but couldn’t seem to answer it in time. I saw that it was one of the elementary schools and tried to return the call, but it didn’t go through.   I realized there was a message and listened to it.   The assignment is not until next week.   I called back to let them know that I can only work one of the two days that were mentioned. I went home and looked up available sub jobs to accept the assignment, only it wasn’t listed.   Instead, I saw a position at the middle school for yesterday – though it was passed the time posted.   I called the school to ask if someone was still n...

          I don’t know what time we left the house on Saturday.   I had programmed the address for the Washed Ashore Gallery in Bandon, Oregon.   We arrived in Bandon sometime between 10:00 and 11:00.   We found a parking spot in the lot behind these two sculptures.   The outside doors were open, but the inside doors were not.   We decided to walk around the town and ended up on the pier.   Here are some of the pictures that we took:          There are perhaps 8 streets surrounded by two signs A tourist trap which reminds me of Skagway or Newfoundland (which I have never been; I have only seen parts portrayed on television’s “the Republic of Doyle” https://andersonvacations.ca/product/11-day-newfoundland-circumnavigation/?v=7516fd43adaa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon,_County_Cork https://thes...

                When I showed up to the library on Monday, Rindy and JM handed me a book on Faeries and told me look through the book and pick something to share.   They said they had looked for a story but weren't able to find one.   The "information" book was the only they could find.   Faeries are micheiveous creatures - not to say that fairies aren't - but I think the spelling somehow changes the definition.   Faeries, on a whole, sound impish and somewhat scary . . . at least from the descriptions in the book.                 I did like the "faerie" definition to mean "doesn't necessarily have wings, no specific size (as some can be as big as giants)   . . . but are all bound by magic" and there were different classes of faeries, which I did not go into.   The book had some detailed illustrations on some pages and rather dull one...