Peggy and I spent the day together around the trailer since all the crud to be sorted at her folks’ former residence has been winnowed down to a large irregularly-shaped pile of stuff nobody cares about. Peggy went through her boxes of treasure hauled back to our trailer yesterday and now where two boxes were needed only one is required. Peggy threw out some of the worthless stuff she had received since I refused to haul it in our trailer for a couple thousand miles before ashcanning it.
Late in the day we stopped into a store in Charleston (a Coos Bay fishing port) where they had a sign outside advertising “Cannabis for all people over 21” which we investigated. It turns out that Oregon voters have passed laws making recreational reefer legal for everyone over 21 which I think is a very reasonable and progressive concept. The local newspaper indicates the state took in 3.5 million dollars last month from taxes on reefer. We picked up a product called “WiFi” which smells terrific. Soon, I will know how it tastes.
We did join the whole family for dinner at Ty’s Chinese restaurant, breakfast joint and casino. The dinner was quite good and we took enough leftovers to eat once we got hungry in about 2 hours. My sister-in-law Katie joined us and we got to chat since we were seated at one end of a skinny table with 15 other diners. I hope whoever paid tipped the waitress because we were a pretty big, unruly crowd.
Katie brought Robin along and I got to shmooze a bit with her before our departure which is scheduled for tomorrow. I was again tempted to snatch Robin but it would leave Katie without a fantastic friend and I’m not that big of an asshole.