Water Bill Update

Some of you reading this may recall that we found a leaking water main and fixed it a couple of months ago, and that we think it was probably leaking for a long time, but only when it got bad enough for water to come to the surface did we discover it. Our water bills had been running between 4000 and 5000 gallons/month, which seemed high to us as there's just the two of us and we don't have lawns to water. Yesterday I got the bill for the first full month after the leak was fixed: 2000 gallons. That's more like it.

Sneaking in to the OERM

As I mentioned yesterday, we went by Powerland (in which the Oregon Electric Railway Museum is located), but it was closed. We did, however, walk in through the open gate to have a look at the museum at which Lisa used to be a volunteer.

( Lots of Changes at the OERM )

I apparently never properly organized any of my older photos at the OERM, but if you want to see the rest of the trolley photos from yesterday, including some more oddities, I created an Oregon Electric Railway Museum album in my Flickr account.

PNW Trip Stage 7: Albany to Klamath Falls

With only 220 miles to drive today, we slept in slightly and took things relatively easy, dawdling over breakfast at the Holiday Inn Express Albany and otherwise not rushing. We had only one errand today, which was to stop at an RV salvage/supply place in Eugene to check for certain parts for the travel trailer and the Rolling Stone. We had limited success with this, but did pick up some routine items while we were there anyway simply to skip the sales tax.

( On to Oakridge and the Cascade Crossing )

The only time we stopped the minivan's motor after our lunch stop in Oakridge was when we refueled at the Pilot station in Klamath Falls. The van restarted with only a minimal complaint there and within ten minutes we were at the Holiday Inn Express.

We have an errand to try and do tomorrow morning before leaving K-Falls: wash the van. The minivan is covered with sea salt spray, which can't be good for it. We tried to use a coin-op wash in Oakridge, but the silly people's bill changer was out of order and the wash bays only take quarters. We'll do it when we get home to Fernley if we have to do so, but I had really meant to do so the further north and west we were, because there's more water up this way.