Cabin on the McKenzie River

We went out to Susan's brother's family's cabin on the McKenzie River - very beautiful. Here's the view from the deck.

It's effing hot here in town and sans A/C.

I'm getting really ready to be going. But until then, it seems I'm eating everything possible - just had a fudgesicle because I can. And soon I can't. It probably goes without saying that the Mexican food here sucks in comparison to Riverside offerings.

Everything I want to take easily fits into my luggage, but the stock-up of lotion, soap, etc. does weigh much. I could probably still get it all checked in without fees, but part of the fun of traveling is to have to find new products - and besides, Siva says I can get whatever I want in Madras, and I'm sure that's also the case in Jordan (if not Irbid, then Amman). And, the more room for books, the better. I'm not taking a lot of clothes - because I can do handwashing regularly, because I'm traveling through wet hot summers and cold winters and cannot possibly take enough for all anyway, and because I'll buy things along the way. A couple warm things in Jordan, a couple salwar kameez in India.