Portland traffic! Just like Atlanta!
It is a beautifully situated city and looks lovely at night, but I was here to get drunk:
I had a such a fine little bender at the Lucky Lab with people I consider to be old friends, Neal and Cheryle, Gipsie, Kubelwagon, tristessa, and I needed to get a bit sauced. I really missed Hambone, who shoulda been there, come on Hambone, once a year and we are getting older. I got to drive Kubelwagon's tristessa-inspired 1.8 water-cooled straight four ex-air-cooled Vanagon, and it drove nicely.
Did the 71whitewesty, the Pickled Bus, and the Ich Bin Kurt calls, as noted elsewhere in this forum, but there were side happenings, too. Like getting pulled over on Interstate 84 to Salt Lake City:
I knew it was bogus, the cop knew it was bogus (hi cop!), but we did our respective dutiful impressions of highway officer and errant motorist for the body camera, "be sure to signal when you merge ..." What he wanted was to look at the bus close up, and he was appreciative.
"You know, officer, I do consider myself a professional driver, so I am going to tell you that I am accelerating on the shoulder to 40 mph with my hazards on, then switching over to my left turn signal and merging onto the right lane when it is safe to do so."
"Oh, we just tell people to turn on their turn signal and move on to the roadway when it is safe to do so."
"Well, I am 0-60 in a minute and a half, so I do it this way."
"Oh boy, OK. That is a good way ... This a great car! I have never seen one that nice. Be safe!"
Back to 93 mph passing trucks on the right ... :
Outside of Boise, I stopped at a railroad track and did a compression test:
We're doing all right, here in Salt Lake City tonight:
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles