We've Got Solid State Technology...

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....And we're on the road.

South.

First night, because it's a tradition, especially for littler e., it was the Motel 6 in Kelso Washington.

The old, tired but fun mini-Adventureland put-put golf course where she lay down and pooped on the thirteenth green when she was barely a toddler is gone now, replaced by a combination Starbucks and Jack-In-The-Box without the box.

But the little motel pool that she loves is still there, so it was worth it, I guess.

It's just that the rooms are still the same size and the four of us are all so much bigger.

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Yesterday the most fun is in Myrtle Creek Oregon.

You have to go pretty far off the I-5 to get into the heart of it where there is actually a bookstore and a Dairy Queen that actually has local charm.

But the best part is the bandstand with acoustics to die-for.

Bigger E and I stomped for quite awhile there while C. and little e. indulged us. Best, at least for me was the coupling of Bloody Mother F*ing and Astral Weeks....Betcha didn't think those too don't go together, huh?

(they say 'huh' down here, not 'eh....and don't make the mistake of asking where the washroom is rather than the restroom...)

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Today we're in Ashland for the Shakespeare Festival...

Pictures and, maybe, film to follow.

But not necessarily at 11.

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