--- Sean Hyde <seanmhyde@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Date:         Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:12:45 -0400
> From:         Sean Hyde <seanmhyde@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Bellevue Washington camping spots?
> To:           VANAGON@GERRY.VANAGON.COM,
>               Gary Hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
>
> I don't know the Bellevue area well, but I have
> driven by Vasa Park
> (http://www.lakesamm.com/vasapark) that has camping.
>
> Sean
> 91 Westy Multivan
It was a friday when I left for Bellevue.   I had arm
twisted my wife into going but she flattly refused
after we had spent a week with her relatives.   I
needed to spend time in Bellevue with my relative
solo.
It was a mixed blessing.   Made stops and menu easier
but ever since I have been getting those ARP notices
in the mail my multitasking abilities have gone down
hill.
missing a backup driver and a navigator was a serious
loss.   I was doing the big drive on my own.   Up the
I-5 to Seattle from the bay area.   The most beautiful
mountains in the world, the cascades.   Young
mountains that are the expression of the west.   Never
quite happy being just a mountain.
   When I left it was seriously cold in the foggy
hills of belmont.   Long pants with sweatshirt.   By
the time I made the 505 the sweatshirt hit the back of
the van.
In corning the long pants came off and on went the
shorts.   When I hit the Lasson grade near Redding I
would have been in my underware if I did not need to
refuel.   By then the highspeed fan was running
continously as the grade from the valley climbs into
the cascade mountains.   But no view of Lasson, no
view of Shasta, just a smokey madmax vista as if the
earth itself had become angry.   Even the sun was
missing.  A smoke plume from Redding to Ashland of
fires from the caves.   The continous drone of the
highspeed fan would remind me that I had a destination
and it was north.   By the time I had made Ashland the
smoke began breaking up and I could see blue sky
again.   Just south of Eugene I spotted a KOA in
crestwood or crestview, multitasking skills were
seriusly limited.   Took the discount into a quarter
free shower.   No fire ring so steamed three left over
pieces of pizza and beer to match  and hit the sack.
Pleasant dreams, great to be in Eugene.   gary

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