I should
have taken it as an omen when on Saturday, in front of 26 relatives, I managed
to sink Marcia’s new digital camera into the corner of a heavily frosted
wedding cake she had made for an "anniversary" party. It turns
out frosting is made from sugar, a lot of butter (Butter? Who knew?) and
shortening. I spent the next couple hours with a sewing needle picking
green frosting out of every groove and opening I could find. As the day
warmed, the butter - previously not obvious - became obvious in the form of a
sticky sheen. Marcia smiled politely to the admiring crowd, keeping the crushed corner from sight.
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| Red Bluff Diversion Dam Park |
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| Cookies and wine...yum! |
The next
problem involved our plan to start our journey north on Wednesday. The
county decided Wednesday would be the day to chip-seal our local streets, which
would make it impossible to get out our driveway. It isn't easy
packing for a three-month road trip, and much harder if our 25' Airstream trailer has to be
parked a half-mile away. We decided best to get out ahead of the chip-seal, finally departing late Tuesday in time to reach Red Bluff for dinner. We stayed in a Forest Service campground at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam on the Sacramento
River – a great, handy, electric-and-water campground. For dessert
we enjoyed a couple glasses of wine and homemade chocolate chip ice cream
sandwiches, courtesy Aja, Dana and Scott. (They had stayed in our
silver guesthouse during the three-day anniversary party.)
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