Lincoln City helps travelers lighten carbon footprint...

... just got word (people tell me things you know), that Lincoln City (featured in the September issue of CTOL) is installing six electric vehicle charging stations next month. If that isn't thinking of the travelers needs I don't know what is.

This Gateway unit will have cell phone interface with Coulomb Network at a cost to customers for only $3 per charge and the city is picking up the monthly activation fee. Just think about it. While you get your soul charged up by being at the ocean, your electric car can get charged up too. Wow and kudos. There are going to be smaller carbon footprints in Lincoln City. Reminds me of one of my favorite carbon footprint poems:

"Mary had a little lamb

It's fleece was black as soot

And everywhere that Mary went

It's sooty foot it put!" - author unknown

Well that's the news for now,

Luv

Sissy

Oregon's leaves are falling - wow what a party!!!

Was there anywhere that didn't get wind last night? This is a revealing time of year you know because you get to peer deeper into the woods. Leaves hide things when they are on the trees but oh, ho ho - that's all over as soon as they start flinging them on the ground. A lot of leaves hit the ground last night - including those from the nearly dozen quaking aspens growing between my house and the road. Better start watching my myself since you are going to be watching me too. Happy gawking - smile.

Luv

Sissy

Moldova vs Moldavia...

... Get this: Moldova is a land locked country in Eastern Europe located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south and Moldavia is but another name for Moldova.

Sorry to bother you if you knew that already, but I just found it out. "Live and learn," sez I.

Luv,

Sissy

Country Traveler Online welcome to the newest readers...

... from six new countries. Come visit us in Oregon - in fact, let me know if you have any questions about anything. I'm not the smartest iguana in the world but I'm darn close. Who knows. I might just have the answer.

I made the countries that just joined us blue so you could see they are. My, my my. We've got our own little United Nations going on here.

Australia, Benin, Canada, Chili, China, Columbia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, European Country, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and U.S.

See you around.

Luv,

Sissy

Hood River here we come...

... A lot of people speeding down I-84 toward Chicago (or Japan via the Pacific Ocean), just go whizzing right on by Hood River. That is a big mistake. I never saw a town that worked so hard to keep themselves outstanding. It is almost impossible to buy a bad meal there - like Maui Meyer says, "The food that grows around here is so good it is impossible to ruin it." Well thank heavens no one is trying to.

When Lewis and Clark came through here in 1804 and 1805, they had to work so hard to find fresh salmon, duck and venison. Today, all you have to do is drive to one of many Hood River restaurants and order it (and more) from a menu. Boy wouldn't that make Lewis and Clark mad to find that out.

Well, you can tell them if you want but they sure won't hear it from me.

Luv Sissy

Country Traveler Online is hot...

... I just looked over somebody's shoulder and saw a report that said people from 31 countries plus U.S. and Canada are reading my every word. I'm not going to tell you whose shoulder 'cause I don't want to let the cat out of the bag that I was snooping. But (tee hee), I wrote down where they're from:

As of 11/10/09 - Australia, Benin, Canada, China, Columbia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, European Country, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, South Korea, Turkey and U.S.

Guess I better watch what I say. Now I'm even trying to remember what I said. Man, I have tooooo many things to think about.

Luv,

Sissy

The leaves are turning color in Oregon...

... Have you been outside lately? The deciduous trees are so eager to get to bed they are throwing their leaves everywhere. It looks like a teenagers bedroom out there - just shed 'em and toss them on the floor.

We iguanas shed too but we like to do it quietly in a nice cold and dark tight fitting place somewhere. Talk about exhibitionists, everything but the evergreens are stripping to the bone.

Good night sweet princes and princesses. We'll be glad to see you getting dressed again when you wake up in the spring.

Luv Sissy

Fall foliage in Oregon

... She said it right on the Fun Places to Go page. You can look it up yourself.

I said to myself, "Self? What is this business of leafy trees undressing and getting ready for bed? What about those evergreens. I don't see them undressing. Does that mean they never get any rest?"

Well, I decided I better call my logger friend and find out.

"Logger friend, what's the deal?" sez I. "Well it's like this," sez he. "The evergreens sleep (it is really called going dormant) during the winter too - they just sleep with their clothes on."

Well, that's what my logger friend said, so now you know as much about it as I do.

Luv,

Sissy