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The Fat Of America

-         Woke early again. The truck is still not finished. Leaks, blown fuses, overheating  generator. We have to borrow the company’s van to get around. Steve is deadly tired at this point, he mangles his words and puts on his puppy face.

-         The chillens are OK. Not great, but OK. The weather forecast predicts it to be “just perfect” for the entire next week, around 84 degrees.

-         Shopping at Camping World!!! Bought a coffee maker to fit under the cabinets…the people are so nice here…everyone is soooo helpful. I noticed that all the music CD’s they sell are by country singers I’ve never heard of.

-         Back at the truck, the toilet is mostly fixed and the generator stops overheating. Stevie tries to take a nap, and fails.

-         At 5:30 PM we finally assume the truck is ours as we are coasting toward Eugene on Rt. 99 South. We meet up with Uncle Stu and Marcia. We meet them at a beautiful playground on the banks of Willamette River at Skinner Butte Park. Extremely creative playground with water play and house structures that are inspired by the old gold rush era.

-         By now the chillens are beyond tired. Lilli is crabby and “bored”. Julia is sweet as ever enjoying the mud. Jonah is grouchy and as volatile as a firecracker. Every little thing sets him off and he has become very attached to me. He loves the sugary sand though and insists I play with him.

-         Steve and Stu sit and talk.

-         We go out to eat to a nice Brewery on the other side of Willamette River. Marcia and end up walking the kids along the path next to the river while the boys talk more.

-         It’s a nice place but too cold so we have to get jackets from the truck and order hot chocolate in July.

-         Lilli has been talking about having Spaghetti and so everyone orders a big bowl of plain Spaghetti. Well, who knew that people put lemon on Spaghetti? Jonah and Julia refuse to eat anything at all. By now it is midnight for our bodies and the kids are fading fast. I can’t believe they have been this good so far!

-         As we finally get back to the truck it’s a matter of seconds for the kids to melt into their bed. It takes all of them to let me put on their PJs.

-         We decide to drive to a nearby campground so we can spend more time with Stu and Marcia on Sunday. We drive out into the dark of the night and promptly get lost. It takes us 45 minutes to get to the campground five miles away.

-         The campground itself looks like a junkyard, trailers and cars and trash all around. I believe not everyone comes here only temporarily. The things the camping guide doesn’t tell you…