Going to Oregon

The flight back to San Francisco was not pleasant. I was very sick from the exposure to the heat while I was there and it was going to take awhile to recover. I was back in the bay area and loving the cooler climate. I started planning a trio to Oregon and Washington to visit friends and family. I got my Mercedes coupe out of storage and my brother tuned it up, changing fluids and anything that needed to be repaired or upgraded. I loved this car and always treated it well. I spent three weeks visiting family and then set out on December 29th to Oregon. I have some friends who live in Eugene Oregon and that was my first stop. I made a side trip to Bend to visit with a dear friend for a few days and we had a good visit. Then, it was back to Eugene. This dialogue may be boring, but it is going somewhere. When I got back to Eugene, the town was experiencing a rare snowstorm, which in my opinion, not unusual considering the way my luck had been going. After parting extensively I* decided to leave and promptly back my car into a ditch. Fact is, I should not have been driving, but AAA tow got me out of the ditch and as soon as I got to highway 5 I needed to put chains on, slowing me down, which was a good thing. I was on my way to Oak Harbor Washington where my aunt lived and my cousins were there. One lived there and the other was visiting. Arriving in Oak Harbor the next day, starting a two year stay that was only memorable for it’s negative results that just kept coming one after another.