Leaky Rain Gear

Before leaving Spokane, I invested in some Motor Company high visibility rain gear, as the gear on OHMS is ill fitting and thread bare.

I thought it would be a good idea to have gear that fit for this run down the coast since it is fall, and it does rain a lot here. Low and behold on the morning I plan to head north over the Astoria -Megler Bridge it is raining, even though when you have new rain gear it is not supposed to rain, ever,  and you are never to worry about putting in on.

Since it was raining I though I better get the stuff out of its little bag and figure out how to put it on, and I need to know if I can get to my pocket or even if there is a pocket where I can stash my  $1.00 bill’s that are paper clipped together, that I have been saving for my bridge toll.

Astoria Tower

Not really wanting to leave in the rain or even put on all this vinyl orange and black I figure I will google the toll, so I know the right amount of ones to paper clip together. I soon learn that I will not need any paper clipped ones in my pocket, as there is no longer any toll on the bridge and hasn’t been any since December 24, 1993.

This is quite the dilemma, as I now have $19.00 in $1.00 dollar bills paper-clipped together and no bridge all the way back to San Francisco that charges a toll, and even the Golden Gate just takes a picture of the front license plate and sends you a bill, except if you are on a motor bike that doesn’t have a front license plate, then they just take a picture of your front tire and that picture that you never get to see is your toll. 

My other dilemma is trying to put on this new rain gear and get all the zippers and Velcro open to get my boot through it. Finally I am all zipped in, and secure. I should be able to submerge and stay dry in this, but I think I will test it, so I take the can of But Lite out of the mini bar, go out to the parking lot and pore it over me.

Fowl Smelling Local Favorite 

I now stink of cheep beer that will wash off I am certain,  and I still haven’t gone over the bridge.

To get to the bridge we ride up a steep narrow turnpike that sharply and steeply takes you right up to the  first span high above the river . Fortunately it isn't slippery as we lean into the curve. The surface is paved, my pal Daisy would like this bridge.

At The Long Beach In Washington