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Gary O
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# Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:51pm
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Quoting: bldginsp I'll have to drive over some summer and say hello to you and Julie. I'm down by Lassen.
Give us fair warning (I might be low on ammo).
serious, email me, we'll put an extra bean in the pot
we'll be sure to have a good time, and even talk SCF gossip
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:49pm
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That would be awesome! We'll give you the tour of southern Oregon. Upper Klamath Lake and Lake of the Woods by me and the beautiful Crater Lake area by Gary and Cabi!
But no more misadventures with Rogaine, you hear?
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2016 09:52pm
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cabingal3
no girls up here shave their legs in the winter gf.haa ha haa.
LOL! Well, good, that takes the pressure off, haha. The minutes I spend primping have fallen off drastically since this venture. The beauty is that it really doesn't matter!!!!
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 29 Dec 2016 11:56pm
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Had a lovely time with y'all this morning! I am just awed and humbled by your handiwork, Cabi, and will treasure the beautiful things you made me! And put them to good use, too! Holy Pete, good thing I looked at the forecast before booking my motel in town next week since I have an 8:30 a.m. doc appt Wednesday. We're supposed to hit 14 below zero Wednesday night! I decided that we'll stay Wednesday night in town, too!
Keep safe and warm! Thanks for helping me do the same! 
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 30 Dec 2016 10:29am
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dear Julie.
it was soo good to see u again.
we had wanted to see u more than we have done but things at the cabin and land kept us occupied.
non-the-less! we were so happy to see u.
its cold this morn.not too cold but cold.
i am so glad u liked the things i made u.yay.
hope u dont think the bottle wind chimes too gaudy.
winter is upon us gf.
smart to stay n town when it gets that dog gone cold.
here is our temps this morn.
good luck at the dr.
hugs cabi and gary o
thank u for your gifts too.we loved the heat fan to put on the wood stove.and the kettle is so lovely.
goodness.we were shocked.
hope your new heater works as we hope it shall.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2017 08:52pm
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Appears ol’ man winter was jus’ toyin’ with us up to now;
there's six cord of wood under there somewhere;
Y'all keep a fire
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 04:08am
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Gary O
No kidding. And guess what dum-dum here did? Accidentally left her generator outside under its tent all flipping week as she was stuck in town. HOWEVER, I apparently have good tent-building skills because the tent stayed up, the gen was dry and fine, and her little battery light greeted me, despite the way below 0 temps. She started right up. Whew! Dodged a bullet on that one!
That was some storm. People were driving very safely and courteously in town. I was impressed. A dude at the KOA also in line for propane told me that he was impressed, too, because they don't, usually. Heh.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 10:25am
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Julie.so happy u got back home to your shabin.
we are hunkered in here.
its snowing to beat the band right now.
so glad we got our snow blower up and going.
i had the idea at our cabin to bring our eggs,milk n butter and cheese inside the cabin with the wood stove.i put it by the back door on the floor.it kept it just perfect.well then yesterday we had minus 24.3 below.everything froze.
i turned off our propane to the fridge too and everything in there is still frozen solid even with no propane running it.
we r gonna get an ice chest and buy meat for once and keep it outside with snow in it...so we can cook up some meat.
i usually go with beans to eat.
anyway...
we are trying to keep our heater going in the pump house.
we are doing ok.
we hauled in our wood inside yesterday evening.hauled my firewood by the cabin.
glad ur woodstove is working better now.yay.
wishing u a wonderful day.keep warm.
glad u got all stocked up in town.
our friend told us what u said.kfalls was awful.
so we are gonna try going to lapine for shopping for supplies.maybe tomorrow.
its suppose to snow for the next 15 days.
happy frozen winter days to us all.
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paulz
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 12:19pm
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Quoting: Julie2Oregon bldginsp That would be awesome! We'll give you the tour of southern Oregon. Upper Klamath Lake and Lake of the Woods by me and the beautiful Crater Lake area by Gary and Cabi! But no more misadventures with Rogaine, you hear?
I'm on the NorCal coast but my vintage motorcycle club makes it to Oregon quite a bit. Last year we camped at Diamond Lake, headed over to the coast via Roseburg and back following the Rogue river. Had a blast. I bought some parts for my hot rod in Klamath Falls on the way home. Many of my friends have migrated to Oregon (to the dismay of Oregonians ) and I think about it too (that or Nevada). Beautiful area.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 03:09pm
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cabingal3
Yeah, I don't use my electric chest freezer anymore, either. After a warmish snap ruined a bunch of food because I apparently didn't run it on electric enough hours each day, I just started keeping my frozens outside in either my car or marine cooler at night. They freeze up in no time and keep frozen together. Haha, the freezer is actually good at keeping things cold without electricity if I just put some snowballs and ice packs in it.
I get hungry for beans sometimes, especially bean soup, but I can't eat a lot of them or often as a staple. Too rough on my guts, and that causes inflammation. I have to be careful, especially living so far from a hospital. So I eat a lot of fish, chicken, rice, some pasta, and vegetarian meals, plus ground turkey. Beef as a treat!
When I left Klamath, the sun was melting the snow on the roads to ice and they were getting slippery. My Saabaru had no trouble but I could tell the difference and saw others skidding. If you have 4wd, you'd be ok in kfalls but more ice is coming. 
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 03:13pm
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paulz
Give us a heads-up if you're around! Presumably in late spring, this Snowlapalooza thing is pretty much the pits. If someone finds La Nina, please slap her for me.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 08:07pm
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dear Julie...love the food in the car thingy.good idea.
i was telling the mister is we get meat.
we will put it in the metal ice chest but i dont want it carried off.
anyway.
gary o loves the snow blower.
yay.
and he plowes and plowes.gets done and.then it snows like crazy some more.no problem.he just keeps on going about with the snow blower.
we had soup.it was weird sounding to some i suppose.i found turkey frozen and cooked left overs from xmas at the off grid family.they gave us turkey when we left.
so i had old squishy bean broth.i added onions,potatoes,turkey and cooked it in milk and added cheese.
it was soo good.the end to the bean soup.
we have 4 wheel drive on our jeep.
the poor truck stays buried all winter and comes out in the spring.
glad u are ok.we are too.hugs.
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paulz
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 08:47pm
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Quoting: Julie2Oregon paulz Give us a heads-up if you're around! Presumably in late spring, this Snowlapalooza thing is pretty much the pits. If someone finds La Nina, please slap her for me.
Thank you Julie. Snow might be better than rain, we're under a severe flood alert for tomorrow. Got 3 water pumps and sand bags at the ready. At least snow stays where it lands, mostly.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 09:09pm
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Quoting: paulz Snow might be better than rain
rain predicted for tomorrow...
boy, those last pics of mine are HUGE!
can't wait to turn the page...
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Just
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 09:22pm - Edited by: Just
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We would accept a 500 word'' Gary story'' to take up some bites...
Might break up the winter duldrams. .
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 09:35pm
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Quoting: Just We would accept a 500 word'' Gary story'' to take up some bites...Might break up the winter duldrams. .
oh, why not;
Mac and Velma’s
Back in the ‘70s,
….before drive thru coffee shop chains,
before anyone knew what a Starbucks was,
a little cafe sat at the edge of hwy 30, between Linnton and St Johns, smack dab in the middle of Portland’s northwest industrial section of mostly huge tanks of gas, diesel and oil.
They just opened for breakfast, closing at around 11 AM.
Mac was a long retired Marine.
Grey hair in a crew cut, high and tight.
A tattoo on his forearm, not ones like today, just a simple anchor.
Velma was the chief cook and bottle washer.
Didn’t see her much, just heard her, bangin’ pots and pans, flippin’ hotcakes.
Mac was the entertainer and pourer of coffee.
Always wiping his hands on the little bar towel tied to the front of his white apron.
White short sleeve shirt.
Stiff collar.
The tiny place was always spick and span.
Simple.
Mostly white and chrome.
A dozen red stools at the wooden counter.
Three padded booths.
‘There he is, last of the all-time greats!’ was his typical greeting of a trucker that pulled his tanker rig into the gravel parking lot.
Of a cold morning, after working all night, I’d stop there, needing a shot of joe for the 30 bleary miles to the house.
The coffee was always good.
Back when coffee was just coffee.
They call it ‘house brew’ now.
Mac would yard a plain cake donut outta the glass lidded pedestal container for me with his dinner plate sized hand.
‘How ya doin’ kid?’
I was not an all-time great.
Truckers, gnarly truckers, with gravel for voices, and road maps for faces, they were the all-time greats.
The donut was not sweet, but a saccharine contrast to the java.
I’d listen to Mac’s snappy patter with the truckers.
Sardonic retorts to Mac’s rhetoric was pure entertainment.
Everyone looked forward to the upbeat boost Mac would give them.
It was a good start to another day.
I drove by that spot not long ago.
The little café is gone.
Mac and Velma may very well have taken it with them.
Last of the all-time greats.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 10:14pm
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Moving along;
This year’s snow is beginning to rival last year’s.
The newest wrinkle is the snow blower.
I’m a believer.
The first path I made with it was the one to the luvable loo.
The picnic table is three or more feet under (stopped measuring once I couldn’t readily get to it)
More pics (small ones)
The tree climbing albino mastodons are back.
One has a sabre tooth cat glommed on its hind end.
The imagination travels after a few days in the cabin…
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Just
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 10:18pm
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Good night Gracey
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2017 10:24pm
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good night George
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paulz
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2017 11:14am - Edited by: paulz
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Quoting: Gary O oh, why not; Mac and Velma’s Back in the ‘70s,
Good story Gary and coincidentally, when I was camping at
Diamond Lake around a decade ago there was a truck stop
restaurant at the corner of Hwy 97 and the turnoff for the lake
that in my faded memory sounds much like you describe. The ham
was thick, the portions generous and we looked forward to
heading there every morning. Sadly, when I went back in 2014 it,
like many of the buildings along 97, was boarded up.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2017 10:01pm
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Quoting: paulz coincidentally
everbod's got a Mac and Velma's
something to be cherished, remembered
I wunner.
are there any left?
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Bevis
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2017 10:16pm
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at least you don't have to worry about a collapsed portable shop tent this year...
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Gary O
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2017 10:43pm
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Quoting: Bevis at least you don't have to worry about a collapsed portable shop tent this year...
Oh, man! You got that right!
About three hours ago the snow (phoomp, swoosh) slid off the shop roof.
Neat as a pin.
Well, it did pin the outhouse trap door, so had to do some digging.
However, much mo' bettah than shoring up a tent.
Yessir
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2017 04:50pm
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cabingal3
Sounds like the buried truck could become the perfect ... meat locker/freezer! Lol. Just keep one door accessible and a path to it.
Nah, your bean soup finale doesn't sound weird. I like coming up with different combos of using up things. Some become favorites, actually! With Crohn's Disease, all of my veggies have to be WELL cooked (kinda mushy) or I have trouble digesting them. So something like that would work for me. I love salads and such and cheat occasionally, suffering the consequences. Same with popcorn. Gotta do it now and then. ;)
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2017 05:05pm
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Gary O
Great story! There's a place like that in Abilene called The Dixie Pig. It's been there for several decades. I had breakfast there one last time with a friend the day before I left TX. Nothing special about the food but pig paraphernalia packed every corner, haha. And all older waitresses (they'd probably roll their eyes if you called them "servers") wearing pig t-shirts. Big counter, old vinyl-covered booths, old and likely original soft drink-sponsored sign with their name beneath it on a pole out front.
Have you tried the Klamath Grill for breakfast downtown? It's old-timey and very good. I ate there once so far and want to go back. Thick slabs of French toast stuffed with Oregon marion berries and ricotta cheese. Whoa.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2017 05:17pm
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paulz
Wow, I hope you aren't needing those sand bags! And that you, yours, and your valuables stay well and safe. It looks awful in Cali.
The problem with all of this snow is where to put the stuff you do need to move, lol. I'm thankful that some melted.
A friend brought over his friend who has a big plow on his Dodge Ram and they cleared my whole driveway, plus gave me a turn-around area. Nice. But now I've got walls of snow and I'm struggling to keep the walls from falling down on my paths to the shabin and generator.
SO glad I decided to add an elevated deck on the front of the shabin at the last minute.
So glad, too, that I'm spending a winter out here before building the main cabin. I've decided it's going to be built closer to the road and sited differently than I originally planned. Oh, and a solar array? Nope, I'd pretty much have to clearcut, which ain't happening.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2017 06:35pm
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Wow!
That is a lot of snow.
Our cabin is snowed in this time of year.
I loved your restaurant piece Gary O.
You know I was a over the road truck driver for quite awhile and dined in many wonderful Mom and Pop diners, sought them out.
I prefer them over corporate restaurants and happily there are still a few old fashioned diners in my area.
Before I started my trucking experience I took a tour of the old diners on the east side of our country primarily in PA and NY State at the time there were still quite a few in operation.
The old stainless steel diners. I dreamed of opening one in my town. I was in the restaurant business and knew everyone at City Hall.
However the cost of start up is outrageous. Could not afford to do it.
I still have all my restaurant research paperwork,photos,books and notes.
I cannot bring myself to throw them out.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2017 06:46pm
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Julie, I'm glad you were able to spend a winter on your property before you built your main cabin.
This is why I always recommend that one visits their property in all seasons before they build.
I knew the first time when I visited our property our cabin would be seasonal, 1982 it was in the winter and it was shocking.
The amount of snow and how cold it was. Just 400 miles north and it was like I was in a different World.
it was beautiful but I don't like snow that much,lol.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:16am
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Quoting: silverwaterlady I loved your restaurant piece Gary O.
Thank you, sly
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Gary O
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:21am
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It has been said ‘chop your own wood and it’ll warm you twice’
Heh
It warmed me about six times today, just trying to unbury it…
Next year
next year, smaller piles
not one huge eternal never-ending pile of which getting the tarp off one end becomes the ordeal of the day
I put logs and bricks on the tarps to keep them from blowing away.
It’s working….
The ice laden logs were no picnic, but no match for the bricks.
Seems ice loves to gather in bergs and floes around bricks.
And cling disparately to tarps.
The mattock was the most successful tool in actually getting to the wood.
The jaws of life woulda been handy.
Finished off the (now one season only) tarp with a sharp knife.
Voila
Wood
As I leaned against the shovel, heaving, I glanced at the wood pile.
There it was, sitting there all smug and arrogant…grinning.
had to grin back
Prolly the best little investment in winter wood hauling was this $15 plastic toboggan.
Little sucker scoots.
Yeah, next year smaller piles, much smaller piles.
Keep a fire
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