Day 24. Glasgow Rest Day

Today we rest in Glasgow. Yesterday when we got to town, we ate at Subway. While there we called few hotels and found one for $55 per night: the Campbell Lodge. Normally, the low price might indicate a bad neighborhood, but not here. Another place was $85 per night. The Campbell Lodge is in the downtown area and is a block from the library, theater, and drug store; 2 blocks from the laundromat. So we ran over to the library for a quick check in. Cell coverage is again spotty, but with the iPhone tied to the library WiFi network, I made a couple of Skype calls over the network. I checked in with Oregon Unemployment, applied for a job in Hillsboro, checked the bank account, and called Alicia's father to check on mail received. Oregon has suspended unemployment checks while I am traveling which is too bad. I was kind of counting on that. It is not much money, but our costs are low right now. We are still trying to decide the impact on this trip. We have been considering cutting it short. The problem is, that only means we are closer to home as everything comes unglued - not a cheery prospect. The job market is very tight. Few opportunities come up on the job boards.



We met Mike at the library. Unexpected, but nice...

After the library, we checked into the Campbell, gathered up laundry and off to the "mat". Once I got Alicia settled there, I went to the local sports store to see if they had bug spray (they did) and anything that might help with our sore behinds (they didn't). I also scoped out places to eat.

After laundry Alicia took me to Birthday dinner at the Hong Kong restaurant. We tried a couple of other places, but they were all closed on Monday. Wow! Really! Here in Glasgow!? I guess everyone needs a rest from a busy weekend and Glasgow is the gateway to the huge Fort Peck reservoir on the Missouri about 10 miles away. Hong Kong must have known I was coming, they reserved the whole place for me.



After we went to Dairy Queen for sundaes. Yum! And, then we took in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. That was great. Uplifting after a tough day.

And the best part of the day... sleep. Blissful, dark, quiet sleep. Such a change from the parks we've been at lately where for security they are lit up like the noon day sun. Plus, no matter how you try, you always have half an eye open for .... whatever...

Today, we are catching up on the blog. Had a nice breakfast. Stocked up at the Pharmacy. Alicia's wound looks fine. We will re-dress it later today and have a good look. If it is bad we'll run to the local doc. so far though there is no redness, very little swelling, and no pain. Yea!

So we are picking up on a few local cultural differences. I am starting to hear accents that are a bit different, I want to say singsong or Norwegian (Alicia) something similar to how we heard it in the movie "Fargo". I rather like it. At the restaurant for breakfast and the post office, I heard a lot of colloquialisms. Little story analogies to describe things. I wish I remembered them, they were great. Also there is a certain exchange of pleasantries before getting down to business. We saw some local ads at the theater last night that really cracked us up. Alicia will tell you more. Here is a picture of the magazine rack at the drug store. Check the titles. Flea Market Style. Quilting. Beadwork. What fun!!



Last night I also picked up a flat rate box from the post office and we are filling it with whatever we think we can live without that will lighten our load. I am sending back both laptop batteries. I found I can run it plugged in and the batteries bleed out too fast to be useful anyway. Funny thing... even at RV parks I can usually find power, so if I have cell coverage, we can still get on the internet with the laptop and iPhone since I jail broke the iPhone.

By the way, have you checked out the new iPhone GS?!!! It is too awesome. A must have. Many nice improvements and a new sensor - a magnetometer. With that, it knows compass direction and can tell you on the map which way you are facing. Cool. New voice controls. 2 time faster. Cut and paste. Nice goodies.... Please somebody send me one!! Ha! :)

Well, that's it for blogging for me today. Alicia will be posting later...

Cheers;

~Pete