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Road Trip Diaries

PART III – THE NEGOTIATIONS, PART III

Okay, let’s hear your third stipulation.

Ghost Towns.

Excuse me?

You heard me – I want to visit ghost towns along the way.

What ghost towns?

Any of them. All of them. Southern Oregon is loaded with ghost towns.

BUT WHICH ONES?

I don’t know. I just want to go to ghost towns.

Fine. I’ll just sit in the car and drink my beer and eat your fruit.

Ugh.

Honey – I can’t take you to ghost towns if you don’t know what ghost towns you want me to take you to.

Well, I’ll find them then.

Okay, but I’m not traversing the entire Cascades to find a bunch of rotting wood that may or may not have been a saloon / whorehouse / general store.

K, but you can’t just give up looking, either.

Fine – 30 minutes. If we don’t find it in the first 30 minutes off the highway, we’re turning around.

Ugh. Okay, but it has to be a happy 30 minutes. No sighing or grunting.

And no 4-wheel drive trails. The CR-V can’t handle it…

But what if we don’t find any?

You’re a good researcher. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.

Road Trip Diaries

PART III – THE NEGOTIATIONS, PART I

So, I know I agreed to the whole driving thing, but I have some stipulations.

Oh, really?

Yeah. I do.

What stipulations?

There are three.

THREE!?

Yup.

Okay, let’s hear ‘em.

First – we’re listening to my music. Well, we can switch, but it’s my music for 70% of the time.

70%? How about 40%? I’m doing all the work on this thing.

I don’t care. We always listen to your weird music when we drive and I think we should share. I’m going to make a playlist.

70%? How about 50%.

70.

55.

70.

You’ll be asleep for most of it anyway.

70.

Fine – it’ll be 70%, but only 70% of the time you’re awake.

Okay – 70% of the time I’m awake.

Done… that’s like 8% of the total drive time, anyway.